— cactuslike, cactoid , adj.
/kak"teuhs/ , n. , pl. cacti /-tuy/ , cactuses, cactus .
any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.
[ 1600-10; káktos cardoon ]