CACTUS: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CACTUS?

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Associations of "Cactus" (30 Words)

aster	A radiating array of microtubules associated with a centrosome in a dividing cell.
birch	A switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree used to hit people as punishment. My father never spared the birch.
blossom	Mature or develop in a promising or healthy way. Youth blossomed into maturity.
bush	Dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes. A rose bush.
daisy	Used in names of other plants of the daisy family e g Michaelmas daisy Shasta daisy.
desert	Desert a cause a country or an army often in order to join the opposing cause country or army. His life in the regiment had been such a hell that he decided to desert.
epiphyte	Plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it.
flower	A flower together with its stalk picked for use as a decoration. All right then flower.
hawthorn	A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus.
herbaceous	Characteristic of a nonwoody herb or plant part.
leaf	A thing that resembles a leaf in being flat and thin. Leaf tea.
lily	Used in names of other plants with flowers or leaves similar to those of the lily e g arum lily.
mesquite	A spiny tree or shrub of the pea family, native to arid regions of south-western US and Mexico. It yields useful timber, tanbark, medicinal products, and edible pods. The timber is used for fencing and flooring, and burned in barbecues as flavouring.
orchid	Any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors.
outback	Inaccessible and sparsely populated. The outback of Ontario.
petiole	The stalk that joins a leaf to a stem.
plant	Cover or supply an area of land with plants. They built a large plant to manufacture automobiles.
pointed	Having a sharpened or tapered tip or end. His face tapers to a pointed chin.
pollinator	An insect or other agent that conveys pollen to a plant and so allows fertilization. Bees are effective pollinators of fruit and vegetables.
prickly	Covered in prickles. She came across as prickly and generally difficult.
rose	Used in names of other plants whose flowers resemble roses e g Christmas rose rose of Sharon. A warm flush now rosed her hitherto blue cheeks.
roseate	Used in names of birds with partly pink plumage e g roseate tern. His letters home give a very good although somewhat too roseate idea of how he lived.
shrub	A woody plant which is smaller than a tree and has several main stems arising at or near the ground.
spinous	Shaped like a spine or thorn. The dorsal fin is spinous.
spiny	Full of or covered with prickles. A spiny problem.
stalk	A stalklike support for a sessile animal or for an organ in an animal. Stalk the woods for deer.
sting	Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort. He felt the stinging of nettles.
thorn	A thorny bush shrub or tree especially a hawthorn. He s a thorn in my flesh.
thorny	Having many thorns or thorn bushes. A thorny problem for our team to solve.
vegetation	The action or process of vegetating. The chalk cliffs are mainly sheer with little vegetation.