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Cactus
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cactus cáctus
Translingual
Etymology
mul :bor la:cactus
From mul la cactus Latn a spiny plant, possibly the cardoon, from mul grc κάκτος. mul Q1043 1753.
Proper noun
1 m
mul obsolete genus family Cactaceae original Linnean genus of cactus, rejected in 1905
Hyponyms
genus Cactus mammillaris species (now Mammillaria mammillaris species, woolly nipple cactus) - type species
Derived terms
mul Austrocactus genus Bergerocactus genus Cleistocactus genus Corryocactus genus Discocactus genus Disocactus genus Echinocactus genus Ferocactus genus Melocactus genus Myrtillocactus genus Ortegocactus genus Pediocactus genus Pterocactus genus Sclerocactus genus Stenocactus genus Strombocactus genus Strophocactus genus Tephrocactus genus Thelocactus genus
Descendants
cs kaktus 1
en cactus 1
gl cacto 1
de Kaktus 1
el κάκτος 1
it cactus 1
1 pt cato 1
scn cactus 1
es cacto 1
References
Cactaceae
Cactaceae
mul Cacti Taxonomic names (obsolete)
English
Proper noun
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