English Explanatory Dictionary

compass cactus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the genus Ferocactus of barrel cactuses, of southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.

Word forms

compass cactus compass cactuses compass cacti

Etymology

Because they tend to grow southward.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on C Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary