"Cactus" meaning in All languages combined

See Cactus on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Cactus
  1. A city in Texas. Categories (place): Cities in Texas, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Texas, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Cactus-en-name-6ZvNuSZK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 4 48
  2. An unincorporated community in California. Categories (place): Places in California, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in California, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Cactus-en-name-VDGauh-6

Proper name [Translingual]

Etymology: From Latin cactus (“a spiny plant, possibly the cardoon”), from Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos). Etymology templates: {{der|mul|la|cactus||a spiny plant, possibly the cardoon|sc=Latn}} Latin cactus (“a spiny plant, possibly the cardoon”), {{der|mul|grc|κάκτος}} Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos) Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=m|g2=|head=Cactus|nogendercat=1}} Cactus m
  1. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – original Linnean genus of cactus, rejected in 1905. Tags: archaic, masculine Hyponyms (genus): Cactus mammillaris (alt: now Mammillaria mammillaris, woolly nipple cactus) (english: type species)
    Sense id: en-Cactus-mul-name-JvSxHK3z Categories (other): Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Translingual entries with topic categories using raw markup, Taxonomic names (genus), Taxonomic names (obsolete), English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 4 48 Derived forms: Austrocactus, Bergerocactus, Cleistocactus, Corryocactus, Discocactus, Disocactus, Echinocactus, Ferocactus, Melocactus, Myrtillocactus, Ortegocactus, Pediocactus, Pterocactus, Sclerocactus, Stenocactus, Strombocactus, Strophocactus, Tephrocactus, Thelocactus

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