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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as Cactales: a name introduced without good reason, but now much used.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • proper noun An order of plants coextensive with the family Cactaceae, comprising the cactuses.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactuses

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  • I like the Century Dictionary definition--"Same as Cactales: a name introduced without good reason, but now much used."

    January 23, 2010