RAT-TAIL CACTUS

Meaning of RAT-TAIL CACTUS in English

a cactus, Aporocactus flagelliformis, of Mexico, having slim, cylindrical stems that are easily trained into strange designs, and crimson flowers.

[ 1895-1900 ]

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

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
RAT — I Any of more than 500 forms of Asian rodent (genus Rattus , family Muridae) that have been introduced worldwide. …
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
TAIL
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RAT — I. ˈrat, usu -ad.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ræt; akin to Old Saxon ratta …
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
RAT — (n.) One of several species of small rodents of the genus Mus and allied genera, larger than mice, that infest …
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
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
TAIL — tail 1 — tailer , n. — tailless , adj. — taillessly , adv. — taillessness , n. — taillike …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RAT — — ratlike , adj. /rat/ , n., interj., v., ratted, ratting . n. 1. any of several long-tailed rodents of …
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
TAIL — I. ˈtāl noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tægel; akin to Old High German zagal tail, …
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
TAIL — noun ·see tailing, ·noun, 5. 2. tail ·noun limitation; abridgment. 3. tail ·noun ·same·as tailing, 4. 4. tail ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
RAT — vi to catch or kill rats. 2. rat ·noun a round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material, used …
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
TAIL — [tail] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE taegel; akin to OHG zagal tail, MIr dual lock of hair] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RAT — [rat] n [ME, fr. OE raet; akin to OHG ratta rat and perh. to L rodere to gnaw--more at rodent] …
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
TAIL — in zoology, prolongation of the backbone beyond the trunk of the body, or any slender projection resembling such a structure. …
Britannica English vocabulary
RAT — Kangaroo rat (Dipodomys). any of the more than 500 named forms of the genus Rattus, family Muridae (order Rodentia). Rats …
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
RAT — rat BrE AmE ræt ▷ rats ræts ▷ ratted ˈræt ɪd -əd AmE ˈræt̬ əd ▷ ratting ˈrætɪŋ AmE ˈræt̬ …
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
TAIL — / teɪl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun OF BIRD / ANIMAL / FISH 1. [ C ] the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RAT — / ræt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a small animal with a long tail, that looks like …
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
TAIL
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RAT — I. rat 1 /ræt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: ræt ] 1 . an animal …
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
TAIL — n. & v. 1 the hindmost part of an animal, esp. when prolonged beyond the rest of the body. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RAT — n. & v. --n. 1 a any of several rodents of the genus Rattus (brown rat). b any similar rodent …
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
TAIL — n. & v. 1 the hindmost part of an animal, esp. when prolonged beyond the rest of the body. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RAT — n. & v. n. 1 a any of several rodents of the genus Rattus (brown rat). b any similar rodent …
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
TAIL — 1. n. & v. 1. the hindmost part of an animal, esp. when prolonged beyond the rest of the body. …
Oxford English vocab
RAT — n. & v. --n. 1. a any of several rodents of the genus Rattus (brown rat). b any similar rodent …
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
TAIL — ( tails, tailing, tailed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The tail …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RAT — ( rats, ratting, ratted) 1. A rat is an animal which has a long tail and looks like a large …
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
TAIL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a dog wags its tail (= moves its tail from side to side to …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RAT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES get out of/quit the rat race ▪ the story of a couple who quit …
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
CACTUS — [noun] [C] [plural] cactuses or cacti - any of many types of desert plant with thick stems for storing water …
Cambridge English vocab
RAT — n. kangaroo rat rat snake wood rat pack rat
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
RAT — n. Any of more than 500 forms of Asian rodent (genus Rattus , family Muridae) that have been introduced worldwide. …
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
RAT
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
TAIL
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
RAT — n. 25B6; noun See list at rodent . (informal) her rat of a husband : SCOUNDREL, wretch, rogue; informal beast, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TAIL
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RAT — I 1. сущ. 1) а) крыса black rat brown rat water rat б) ондатра; выхухоль Syn : musk-rat 2) перен. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CACTUS — сущ. кактус (ботаника) кактус (Opuntia gen.) cactus (pl es, cacti) кактус
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TAIL
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
RAT — rat.ogg 1. ræt n 1. зоол. крыса ( Rattus ) rat destruction /extermination/ - дератизация, уничтожение грызунов rat week - …
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

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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