cactus

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n. 仙人掌 [医] 仙人掌属

发音

UK /ˈkæktəs/
UK /ˈkæktʌs/
AU
US /ˈkæktəs/

词形变化

cacti 复数 cacti cactuses cactusses cactuses 复数 cactusses 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.

    仙人掌

    刺球

    仙人球

    生物 植物学
  2. 2.

    Any succulent plant with a thick fleshy stem bearing spines but no leaves, such as euphorbs.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Non-functional, broken, exhausted, dead.

    澳大利亚 新西兰 俚语

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

succulent

下位词 10

peyote night-blooming cereus barrel cactus cholla Christmas cactus crab cactus Easter cactus epiphyllum living rock mammillaria

相关短语

Cactus League cactus cat cactus cats cactus wren 【鸟类】棕曲嘴鹪鹩( Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) cactus wrens cactus pear cactus pears cactus longhorn beetle cactus moth cactus moths cactus mouse [网络] 仙人掌小鼠 cactus mice cactus deermouse cactus deermice cactus fig

词源

From taxonomic name Cactus, a name given in 1752 by Linnaeus for a genus of cacti (now superseded by the genus name Mammillaria), from Latin cactus, from Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos, “cardoon”), possibly of Pre-Greek origin.

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