Cactus

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin cactus (“a spiny plant, possibly the cardoon”), from Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos). Coined by Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus in 1753. === Proper noun === Cactus m (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – original Linnean genus of cactus, rejected in 1905. ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Cactus mammillaris (now Mammillaria mammillaris, woolly nipple cactus) - type species ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Czech: kaktus → English: cactus→ Welsh: cactws → Galician: cacto → German: Kaktus → Greek: κάκτος (káktos) → Italian: cactus → Portuguese: cato, cacto (Brazil), cáctus → Sicilian: cactus → Spanish: cacto === References === Cactus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Cactaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Cactaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == English == === Proper noun === Cactus A city in Texas. An unincorporated community in California.