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Christmas cactus |
a Brazilian cactus with flat fleshy spineless stems that is widely cultivated as a houseplant for its showy red flowers. |
mescal |
one of two species of cactus, esp. a small, globe-shaped plant with buttonlike projections that are chewed as a hallucinogenic drug by certain Mexican Indians during religious ceremonies. [1/2 definitions] |
mescaline |
a drug that causes hallucinations and similar mind-altering effects, derived from the buttonlike protuberances of the mescal cactus; peyote. |
ocotillo |
a spiny shrub that resembles a cactus, found in the dry regions of Mexico and the southwestern United States. |
peyote |
a species of mescal cactus. [1/2 definitions] |
prickly pear |
the often prickly ovoid fruit of such a cactus. [1/2 definitions] |
rattail cactus |
a small, tropical cactus of Mexico and Central America having thin, drooping stems and bearing bright crimson flowers, widely cultivated as a houseplant. |
saguaro |
a very tall cactus, native to the southwestern North American deserts, that can have large upraised branches and bears edible red fruit. |
succulent |
having fleshy leaves or stems that retain moisture, as cactus. [2/3 definitions] |
xerophyte |
a plant that can grow in a very dry or desert environment, and that often has fleshy parts and hairs or thorns, such as an agave or cactus. |
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