5 definitions
for Cactus
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Cactus \Cac"tus\, n.; pl. E. Cactuses, Cacti (-t[imac]).
[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.
[1913 Webster]
Cactus wren (Zool.), an American wren of the genus
Campylorhynchus, of several species.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
cactus
n : 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 :
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) :
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) :
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
