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Meanings of cactuses in English
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Examples for "cactus"
Examples for "cactus"
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She is raised in great numbers in cactus gardens planted on purpose.
2
The road-bed changed, the trees changed-allthe surroundings changed except the cactus.
3
The Apaches tried their rope saw, but the cactus parted the rope.
4
I wrenched my cactus-pinned arm free and struck her in the jaw.
5
Sometimes she teased him, she said he was like a cactus plant.
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Scarlet patches lay on the slopes-thewide blossoms of the low cacti.
2
They photographed large proteas, cacti and succulents growing in the glass greenhouses.
3
We twisted and wriggled over the ground, among weeds and thorny cacti.
4
With all of these cacti, there were plenty of places to hide.
5
We made it up to the top, though, and wandered amid cacti.
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The similarity of certain xerophilous Euphorbiaceae to Cactaceae is a ready illustration of this phenomenon.
Usage of cactuses in English
1
He again ran away, and we pursued him through the thorny cactuses.
2
Are there poisonous cactuses that could kill you if you got pricked?
3
Accidental villas among olive trees appear; and men-servants watering the cactuses.
4
There were palms, cactuses, and orange trees, mixed with olive groves.
5
Dried cactuses, for example, are an excellent source of fuel.
6
On the rocky spots grew spiny cactuses, with flattened pear-shaped joints and scarlet fruit.
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Frozen cactuses turned to mush in the tiny gravel lawns of the South Side.
8
There is a kind of ante-chamber, plentifully set with palms and cactuses and oleanders.
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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Succulents and cactuses must not be over-watered.
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The vegetation was luxuriant -palm-trees, cactuses, and aloes, all ablaze with scarlet flowers.
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The cactuses, or rather opuntias were here very numerous.
12
Watered the small cactuses that live on my windowsill.
13
Pencil cactuses grew in the corners like skeleton hands.
14
Soldiers jumped out of the truck and dived into defensive positions behind rocks and cactuses.
15
In dry gulches and on taluses and sun-beaten crags are sparsely scattered yuccas, cactuses, agave, etc.
16
Two enormous tortoises were feeding among some cactuses.
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