Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The saguaro, and perhaps other large cacti.
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Examples
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Occasionally a tree-cactus appeared, its curious flattened, kite-shaped joints, covered with prickles, looking like great leaves, and its stem, formed of the same, thickened at the bottom into a round filiform trunk, not differing much from the trees around, but in the branches showing all the gradations by which the flat constricted joints thicken out into stems.
The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855
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I behold strange forms of the cactus, with their glorious wax-like blossoms; the cochineal, the tuna, the opuntias -- the great tree-cactus "Foconoztle" (_Opuntia arborescens_), and the tall
The Rifle Rangers Mayne Reid 1850
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Known locally as the Cockerham properties, the nine acres are spread between two parcels at Mile Marker 80.4, bay side, and are home to the endangered Key tree-cactus.
KeysNews.com - 2008
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