"cactus" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Engels]

IPA: /ˈkæktʊs/ Audio: en-us-cactus.ogg
  1. cactus
    Sense id: nl-cactus-en-noun-yq6sMYTp Categories (other): Plantkunde_in_het_Engels Topics: botany
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun [Nederlands]

Audio: nl-cactus.ogg Forms: cactussen [plural], cactusje [diminutive, singular], cactusjes [diminutive, plural]
  1. een vetplant met stekels
    Sense id: nl-cactus-nl-noun-ogCl4xRK Categories (other): Plantkunde_in_het_Nederlands, Woorden met boekreferenties Topics: botany
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (een vetplant met stekels): cactus (Engels), kadushi (Papiaments), kaktus [masculine] (Pools), cacto [masculine] (Spaans), kaktüs (Turks)

Inflected forms

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      "word": "cactusgrondvink"
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      "word": "cactusmot"
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    {
      "word": "cactusmuis"
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      "word": "cactusparkiet"
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    {
      "word": "cactussaffierkolibrie"
    },
    {
      "word": "cactusspecht"
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    },
    {
      "word": "cactusuil"
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      "word": "kaarscactus"
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      "word": "kerstcactus"
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      "word": "koraalcactus"
    },
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      "word": "lidcactus"
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      "word": "moedercactus"
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      "word": "schijfcactus"
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      "word": "vijgencactus"
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      "word": "cactusmot"
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      "word": "cactusparkiet"
    },
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      "word": "cactussaffierkolibrie"
    },
    {
      "word": "cactusspecht"
    },
    {
      "word": "cactusspotlijster"
    },
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      "word": "cactusuil"
    },
    {
      "word": "cactusvijg"
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      "word": "cactusvrucht"
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      "word": "kerstcactus"
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    {
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      "word": "moedercactus"
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    {
      "word": "nachtcactus"
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    {
      "word": "paascactus"
    },
    {
      "word": "rotscactus"
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      "word": "schijfcactus"
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