barrel cactus

barrel cactus
barrel cactus ar"rel cac"tus (b[a^]r"r[e^]l k[a^]k"t[u^]s), n.; pl. {barrel cacti} (b[a^]r"r[e^]l k[a^]k"t[imac]). any of several large cacti native to the southwestern U. S. and Mexico, having a short cylindrical form with deep vertical ribs and bearing sharp spines. They are classed in the genera {Ferocactus} and {Echinocactus}. [PJC]

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  • barrel cactus — any of several large, cylindrical, ribbed, spiny cacti of the genera Echinocactus and Ferocactus. [1880 85, Amer.] * * * ▪ plant  name for a group of more or less barrel shaped cacti, family Cactaceae, native to North and South America. It is… …   Universalium

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  • barrel cactus — noun Date: 1881 any of a genus (Ferocactus) of nearly globular deeply ribbed spiny cacti of Mexico and the adjacent United States; also any of several similar cacti (genus Echinocactus) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • California barrel cactus — ritininis ferokaktusas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Kaktusinių šeimos augalas (Ferocactus cylindraceus), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Ferocactus cylindraceus angl. California barrel cactus; cliff barrel cactus; compass… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • cliff barrel cactus — ritininis ferokaktusas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Kaktusinių šeimos augalas (Ferocactus cylindraceus), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Ferocactus cylindraceus angl. California barrel cactus; cliff barrel cactus; compass… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • compass barrel cactus — ritininis ferokaktusas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Kaktusinių šeimos augalas (Ferocactus cylindraceus), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Ferocactus cylindraceus angl. California barrel cactus; cliff barrel cactus; compass… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

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