Definitions
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- proper noun archaic A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Cactaceae — original Linnean genus ofcactus , rejected in 1905.
Etymologies
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Examples
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He expects to pitch in Cactus League games and be ready when the season starts.
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Crazy Cactus is gone from its landmark location near the church, moved to the suburbs, out past the bus station.
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Crazy Cactus is gone from its landmark location near the church, moved to the suburbs, out past the bus station.
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Dan Wright fired seven strong innings as the Chicago White Sox edged the Colorado Rockies, 5-4, in Cactus League action.
USATODAY.com 2004
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Diego Padres to a 7-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs in Cactus
USATODAY.com 2004
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SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (Ticker) -- Barry Bonds belted his fifth homer of the spring but had nothing to do with the decision as the San Francisco Giants and Colorado Rockies played to a 3-3 tie in Cactus League play.
USATODAY.com 2004
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It is now about a century since some of the most beautiful of Cactaceous plants came into cultivation in this country, and amongst them was the plant now known as E. truncatum, but then called Cactus Epiphyllum; the name Cactus being used in a generic sense, and not, as now, merely as a general term for the Natural Order.
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A Balloon in Cactus - A Series by Maggie van Ostrand
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A Balloon in Cactus - A Series by Maggie van Ostrand
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In 1995, she began a column, “A Balloon in Cactus” (subsequently renamed “The Buck Starts Here) in the delicious newsmagazine, El Ojo Del Lago, for which she has received two Awards for Outstanding Literary Achievement.
Maggie Van Ostrand 1996
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