ORGAN-PIPE CACTUS

Meaning of ORGAN-PIPE CACTUS in English

/awr"geuhn puyp'/

a treelike or columnar cactus, Lemaireocereus marginatus, of Mexico, having a central, erect spine surrounded by spreading spines in clusters of five to eight, and funnel-shaped, brownish-purple flowers.

[ 1905-10 ]

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ORGAN-PIPE CACTUS — noun Date: 1908 any of several tall upright cacti (as Lemaireocereus thurberi or L. marginatus ) of the southwestern United …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ORGAN-PIPE CACTUS — noun or organ cactus : any of several tall upright cacti of the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico: as …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ORGAN-PIPE CACTUS — Date: 1908 : any of several tall upright cacti (as Lemaireocereus thurberi or L. marginatus ) of the southwestern United …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ORGAN-PIPE CACTUS — Function: noun Date: 1908 : any of several tall upright cacti (as Lemaireocereus thurberi or L. marginatus ) of the …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ORGAN-PIPE CACTUS — [organ-pipe cactus] n (1908): any of several tall upright cacti (as Lemaireocereus thurberi or L. marginatus) of the southwestern U.S. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ORGAN-PIPE CACTUS — (species Lemairocereus, or Cereus, thurberi), plant belonging to the family Cactaceae, native to southern Arizona in the United States. Related …
Britannica English vocabulary
CACTUS — cacté
English interlingue dictionary
CACTUS — noun (plural cacti or ~es; also ~) Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Latin, cardoon, from Greek kaktos Date: 1767 …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ORGAN
Английский словарь Британика
CACTUS — Any of the flowering plants that make up the family Cactaceae, containing about 1,650 species, native through most of North …
Английский словарь Британика
PIPE — I. ˈpīp noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pīpa; akin to Old Frisian …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ORGAN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ORGAN- — combining form or organo- Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Latin organum — more at organ I 1. a. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CACTUS — ˈkaktəs noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, cardoon, from Greek kaktos 1. capitalized , in some classifications : a genus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CACTUS — (n.) Any plant of the order Cactacae, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They usually have …
Английский словарь Webster
CACTUS — ( n. ) Any plant of the order Cactacae, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PIPE — pipe 1 — pipeless , adj. — pipelike , adj. /puyp/ , n. , v. , piped, piping . n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ORGAN
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CACTUS — — cactuslike, cactoid , adj. /kak"teuhs/ , n. , pl. cacti /-tuy/ , cactuses, cactus . any of numerous succulent …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CACTUS — n. type of spiny succulent plant
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PIPE — I. ˈpīp noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pīpa (akin to Old High German pfīfa pipe), from Vulgar Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ORGAN — noun Etymology: Middle English, partly from Old English organa, from Latin organum, from Greek organon, literally, tool, instrument; partly from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CACTUS — noun ( plural cac·ti -ˌtī, -(ˌ)tē ; or cac·tus·es also cactus ) Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Latin, cardoon, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PIPE — noun the key or sound of the voice. 2. pipe ·noun an elongated body or vein of ore. 3. pipe …
Webster English vocab
ORGAN — vt to supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs; to organize. 2. organ ·noun a component part …
Webster English vocab
CACTUS — noun any plant of the order cactacae, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus. ·see cereus. they usually have …
Webster English vocab
CACTUS — ■ noun ( plural cacti -tʌɪ or ~es ) a succulent plant of a large family native to arid regions …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PIPE — [pipe] n [ME, fr. OE pipa (akin to OHG pfifa pipe), fr. (assumed) VL pipa pipe, fr. L pipare to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ORGAN — [or.gan] n [ME, partly fr. OE organa, fr. L organum, fr. Gk organon, lit., tool, instrument; partly fr. OF organe, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CACTUS — [cac.tus] n, pl cac.ti or cac.tus.es also cactus [NL, genus name, fr. L, cardoon, fr. Gk kaktos] (1767): any of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ORGAN — in biology, a group of tissues in a living organism that have been adapted to perform a specific function. In …
Britannica English vocabulary
CACTUS — plural Cacti, or Cactuses, dicotyledonous (characterized by two seed leaves) flowering plants belonging to the family Cactaceae, of the order …
Britannica English vocabulary
ORGAN — organ BrE AmE ˈɔːɡ ə n AmE \ ˈɔːrɡ ə n ▷ organ|s z ▶ ˈ organ ˌ grinder BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CACTUS — cact|us BrE AmE ˈkækt |əs ▷ cact|i aɪ iː ▷ cact|uses əs ɪz əs əz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PIPE — / paɪp; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] a tube through which liquids …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ORGAN
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CACTUS — / ˈkæktəs; NAmE / noun ( pl. cac·tuses or cacti / ˈkæktaɪ; NAmE /) a plant that grows in hot …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PIPE — I. pipe 1 S2 W3 /paɪp/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: pipa , from Vulgar …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ORGAN
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CACTUS — cac ‧ tus /ˈkæktəs/ BrE AmE noun ( plural cacti /-taɪ/ or cactuses ) [countable] [ Date: 1700-1800 ; Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PIPE — n. & v. --n. 1 a tube of metal, plastic, wood, etc. used to convey water, gas, etc. 2 (also …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ORGAN
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CACTUS — n. (pl. cacti or cactuses) any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae, with a thick fleshy stem, usu. spines but …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PIPE — n. & v. n. 1 a tube of metal, plastic, wood, etc. used to convey water, gas, etc. 2 (also …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ORGAN
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CACTUS — n. (pl. cacti or cactuses) any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae, with a thick fleshy stem, usu. spines but …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PIPE — n. & v. --n. 1. a tube of metal, plastic, wood, etc. used to convey water, gas, etc. 2 (also …
Oxford English vocab
ORGAN
Oxford English vocab
CACTUS — n. (pl. cacti or cactuses) any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae, with a thick fleshy stem, usu. spines but …
Oxford English vocab
ORGAN — ( organs) 1. An organ is a part of your body that has a particular purpose or function, for example …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CACTUS — ( cactuses, or cacti /kæktaɪ/ ) A cactus is a thick fleshy plant that grows in many hot, dry parts …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CACTUS — (~es, or cacti) A ~ is a thick fleshy plant that grows in many hot, dry parts of the world. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PIPE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ORGAN
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CACTUS — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As for water, that would come in minute drops from the cactus . ▪ But …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ORGAN — (INSTRUMENT) [noun] [C] - a musical instrument with a keyboard in which sound is produced by air being forced through …
Cambridge English vocab
CACTUS — [noun] [C] [plural] cactuses or cacti - any of many types of desert plant with thick stems for storing water …
Cambridge English vocab
ORGAN — n. mouth organ reed organ Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ORGAN
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CACTUS — n. Any of the flowering plants that make up the family Cactaceae, containing about 1,650 species, native through most of …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PIPE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ORGAN — Synonyms and related words : Charlie McCarthy, Hammond organ, affiliate, agency, agent, ancilla, annual, appendage, appliance, arm, baroque organ, bimonthly, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CACTUS — Synonyms and related words : bramble, brier, bristle, burr, catchweed, cleavers, goose grass, needle, nettle, pine needle, prickle, quill, spicule, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ORGAN — n. 25B6; noun he plays the organ. : See list. the internal organs : BODY PART, biological structure. the official …
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