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A plant of Central and Southern America, of the Cactus family, extensively cultivated for the sake of the cochineal insect, which lives on it.
A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central America, etc., and found on several species of cactus, esp. Opuntia cochinellifera.
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n.
A genus of cactaceous plants having flattened, jointed stems, and petals united in a tube. The flowers are very showy, and several species are in cultivation.
n.
A columnar cactaceous plant of the West Indies (Cereus Swartzii).
n.
A cactaceous plant (Nopalea cochinellifera), originally Mexican, on which the cochineal insect feeds, and from which it is collected. The name is sometimes given to other species of Cactaceae.
n.
A cactaceous shrub (Cereus Pitajaya) of tropical America, which yields a delicious fruit.
pl.
of Cactus
n.
A genus of cactaceous plants; the prickly pear, or Indian fig.
n.
A kind of sirup made by the Indians of Arizona from the fruit of some cactaceous plant (probably the Cereus giganteus).
p. p. & a.
Having a small surface in proportion to bulk, as in the cactus.
a.
Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example.
n.
Any plant of the order Cactacae, 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.
n.
The giant cactus (Cereus giganteus); -- so named by the Indians of Arizona. Called also saguaro.
n.
A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect (Coccus cacti).
n.
A genus of plants of the Cactus family. They are natives of America, from California to Chili.
superl.
Composed of firm pulp; succulent; as, the houseleek, cactus, and agave are fleshy plants.
pl.
of Cactus
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