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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cactus \Cac"tus\, noun; pl. E. {Cactuses}, {Cacti} (-t[=i]). [L., a kind of cactus, Gr. ??????.] (Bot.) Any plant of the order {Cactac[ae]}, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus. See {Cereus}. They usually have leafless stems and branches, often beset with clustered thorns, and are mostly natives of the warmer parts of America.
{Cactus wren} (Zo["o]l.), an American wren of the genus {Campylorhynchus}, of several species.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cactus
noun: any spiny succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World [also: {cacti} (pl)]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "cactus": bramble, brier, bristle, burr, catchweed, cleavers, goose grass, needle, nettle, pine needle, prickle, quill, spicule, spiculum, spike, spikelet, spine, sticker, thistle, thorn, yucca
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Cactus, TX (city, FIPS 11692) Location: 36.04473 N, 102.01110 W Population (1990): 1529 (478 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Cactus, TX -- U.S. city in Texas Population (2000): 2538 Housing Units (2000): 820 Land area (2000): 2.040434 sq. miles (5.284699 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.040434 sq. miles (5.284699 sq. km) FIPS code: 11692 Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48 Location: 36.046124 N, 102.002251 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Cactus, TX Cactus
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