Cactus
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin cactus (“a spiny plant, possibly the cardoon”), from Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos). Coined by Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus in 1753.
Proper noun
Cactus m
- (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – original Linnean genus of cactus, rejected in 1905.
Hyponyms
- (genus): Cactus mammillaris (now Mammillaria mammillaris, woolly nipple cactus) - type species
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Czech: kaktus
- → English: cactus
- → Welsh: cactws
- → Galician: cacto
- → German: Kaktus
- → Greek: κάκτος (káktos)
- → Italian: cactus
- → Portuguese: cato, cacto (Brazil), cáctus
- → Sicilian: cactus
- → Spanish: cacto
References
- Cactus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cactaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Cactaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
Proper noun
Cactus
- A city in Texas.
- An unincorporated community in California.