PINCUSHION CACTUS

Meaning of PINCUSHION CACTUS in English

any of various low-growing, spiny cacti of the genus Mammillaria.

[ 1915-20, Amer. ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

PINCUSHION CACTUS — noun : a cactus of the genus Mammillaria
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PINCUSHION CACTUS — any of about 60 species of the genus Coryphantha, family Cactaceae. Pincushion also refers to the straight-spined species of the …
Britannica English vocabulary
PINCUSHION — pingle-cussine, agulliero, porta-pingle
English interlingue dictionary
CACTUS — cacté
English interlingue dictionary
PINCUSHION — noun Date: 1632 a small cushion in which pins may be stuck ready for use
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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
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
PINCUSHION — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a small cushion in which pins may be stuck ready for use 2. a. : scabious …
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
PINCUSHION — (n.) A small cushion, in which pins may be stuck for use.
Английский словарь Webster
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
PINCUSHION — ( n. ) A small cushion, in which pins may be stuck for use.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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
PINCUSHION — /pin"koosh'euhn/ , n. a small cushion into which pins are stuck until needed. [ 1625-35; PIN + CUSHION ]
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
PINCUSHION — n. small pad used to place and hold pins
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CACTUS — n. type of spiny succulent plant
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PINCUSHION — noun Date: 1632 : a small cushion in which pins may be stuck ready for use
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
PINCUSHION — noun a small cushion, in which pins may be stuck for use.
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
PINCUSHION — ■ noun 1》 a small pad for holding pins. 2》 optical distortion in which straight lines along the edge of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CACTUS — ■ noun ( plural cacti -tʌɪ or ~es ) a succulent plant of a large family native to arid regions …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PINCUSHION — [pin.cush.ion] n (1632): a small cushion in which pins may be stuck ready for use
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
CACTUS — plural Cacti, or Cactuses, dicotyledonous (characterized by two seed leaves) flowering plants belonging to the family Cactaceae, of the order …
Britannica English vocabulary
PINCUSHION — pincushion BrE AmE ˈpɪn ˌkʊʃ ə n ⇨ˈpɪŋ- ▷ pincushion|s z
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
PINCUSHION — / ˈpɪnkʊʃn; NAmE / noun a small thick pad made of cloth, used for sticking pins in when they are …
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
PINCUSHION — pin ‧ cush ‧ ion /ˈpɪnˌkʊʃ ə n/ BrE AmE noun [countable] a soft filled bag for sticking pins in …
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
PINCUSHION — n. a small cushion for holding pins.
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
PINCUSHION — n. a small cushion for holding pins.
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
PINCUSHION — n. a small cushion for holding pins.
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
PINCUSHION — also pin-cushion ( pincushions) A pincushion is a very small cushion that you stick pins and needles into so that …
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
PINCUSHION — also pin-cushion (~s) A ~ is a very small cushion that you stick pins and needles into so that you …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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
PINCUSHION — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ At once he was feathered with arrows like a pincushion . ▪ She ate so …
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
PINCUSHION — [noun] [C] - a small usually flat bag filled with soft material into which pins can be partly pushed to …
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
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
CACTUS — Synonyms and related words : bramble, brier, bristle, burr, catchweed, cleavers, goose grass, needle, nettle, pine needle, prickle, quill, spicule, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PINCUSHION — сущ. подушечка для булавок подушечка для иголок и булавок, игольник pincushion подушечка для булавок
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CACTUS — сущ. кактус (ботаника) кактус (Opuntia gen.) cactus (pl es, cacti) кактус
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PINCUSHION — Подушечка для иголок
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PINCUSHION — n подушечка для иголок и булавок, игольник
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CACTUS — cactus.ogg ʹkæktəs n ( pl тж. -ti) бот. кактус ( Opuntia gen. )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CACTUS — кактус, дерево хусими - rooted cactus
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PINCUSHION — подушечка для иголок
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PINCUSHION — (n) игольник; подушечка для иголок и булавок
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
PINCUSHION — n подушечка для иголок и булавок, игольник
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PINCUSHION — n подушечка для иголок и булавок, игольник
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PINCUSHION — n. подушечка для булавок
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PINCUSHION — n. подушечка для булавок
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CACTUS — кактус - barrel cactus - brain cactus - crab cactus - giant cactus - hedgehog cactus - nipple cactus - prickly-pear cactus - purple cactus - serpent cactus - snowball …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
CACTUS — кактус - barrel cactus - brain cactus - crab cactus - giant cactus - hedgehog cactus - nipple cactus - …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
PINCUSHION — сущ. подушечка для булавок подушечка для иголок и булавок, игольник pincushion подушечка для булавок
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CACTUS — сущ. кактус (ботаника) кактус (Opuntia gen.) cactus (pl es, cacti) кактус
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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