Definitions for Cactus

Cactus cac·tus

Spelling: [kak-tuh s]
IPA: /ˈkæk təs/

Cactus is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 77 anagrams from letters in Cactus (accstu).

Definitions for Cactus

noun

  1. any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.

Origin of Cactus

1600-10; Latin Greek káktos cardoon

Examples for Cactus

He made the most of the cactus, but there was an emptiness about the pit of his stomach.

By early September the sea is warm and the mandarin oranges and cactus fruit have begun to replace the summer crowds.

Another choice is agave nectar, made from a type of cactus that grows in Mexico (yes, tequila fans, that cactus).

It all sounds a bit dramatic, but that cactus feels like something special.

They fled toward a patch of rocks and cactus in the direction of Devil's Chute.

It was your very strength that repelled me, like the spines of the cactus.

She's as pretty as a cactus flower, or a sunrise on the staked plains.

And there were sunsets, and sand, and cactus and mountains, and campers and Fords.

“There is nothing but cattle, cactus, rocks, and steep canyons,” said Bisbee, Ariz., City Council member Ransom Burke.

Every grain of sand, every cactus spine bore a tiny rainbow.

Word Value for Cactus
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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