Meanings (ES + gloss)
cacto • cactus
Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.
On the mountains a few junipers and piñons are found, and cactuses, agave, and yuccas, low, fleshy plants with bayonets and thorns.
This was another experimental garden started under Dr. Berry as a ‘Nopalry’ or place for the rearing of the cochineal insect on cacti, which however, became a sort of experimental…
Phrases
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