cactus

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.
2. Any succulent plant with a thick fleshy stem bearing spines but no leaves, such as euphorbs.

Adj

Non-functional, broken, exhausted, dead.

Έννοιες

κάκτος

Συνώνυμα

agave

banyan

indian fig

tubercle

century plant

Cereus hexagonus

Cereus hexagonus Mill.

desert flora

candle plant

Opuntia dillenii

Μεταφράσεις

Kaktus

🌵

cactus

🌵

cacto

🌵

cactus

🌵

cactus

🌵

cactus

cacto

cactus

🌵

kaktüs

🌵

Kaktee

cacto

صبار

🌵

cáctus

Cactaceae

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈkæktəs/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

From taxonomic name Cactus, a name given in 1752 by Linnaeus for a genus of cacti (now superseded by the genus name Mammillaria), from Latin cactus, from Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos, “cardoon”), possibly of Pre-Greek origin.