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cacti
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Cacti
(gcide) | Cactus \Cac"tus\, n.; pl. E. Cactuses, Cacti (-t[imac]).
[L., a kind of cactus, Gr. ??????.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the order Cactac[ae], as the prickly pear and
the night-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They usually have
leafless stems and branches, often beset with clustered
thorns, and are mostly natives of the warmer parts of
America.
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Cactus wren (Zool.), an American wren of the genus
Campylorhynchus, of several species.
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barrel cacti
(gcide) | barrel cactus \bar"rel cac"tus\ (b[a^]r"r[e^]l k[a^]k"t[u^]s),
n.; pl. barrel cacti (b[a^]r"r[e^]l k[a^]k"t[imac]).
any of several large cacti native to the southwestern U. S.
and Mexico, having a short cylindrical form with deep
vertical ribs and bearing sharp spines. They are classed in
the genera Ferocactus and Echinocactus.
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Cacti
(gcide) | Cactus \Cac"tus\, n.; pl. E. Cactuses, Cacti (-t[imac]).
[L., a kind of cactus, Gr. ??????.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the order Cactac[ae], as the prickly pear and
the night-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They usually have
leafless stems and branches, often beset with clustered
thorns, and are mostly natives of the warmer parts of
America.
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Cactus wren (Zool.), an American wren of the genus
Campylorhynchus, of several species.
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Coccus cacti
(gcide) | Coccus \Coc"cus\, n.; pl. Cocci. [NL., fr. Gr. ? grain, seed.
See Cochineal.]
1. (Bot.) One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit.
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2. (Zool.) A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale
insects, and the cochineal insect (Coccus cacti).
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3. (Biol.) A form of bacteria, shaped like a globule.
[1913 Webster]Cochineal \Coch"i*neal\ (k[o^]ch"[i^]*n[=e]l; 277), [Sp.
cochinilla, dim. from L. coccineus, coccinus, scarlet, fr.
coccum the kermes berry, G. ko`kkos berry, especially the
kermes insect, used to dye scarlet, as the cochineal was
formerly supposed to be the grain or seed of a plant, and
this word was formerly defined to be the grain of the
Quercus coccifera; but cf. also Sp. cochinilla wood louse,
dim. of cochina sow, akin to F. cochon pig.]
A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the
Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central America,
etc., and found on several species of cactus, esp. {Opuntia
cochinellifera}.
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Note: These insects are gathered from the plant, killed by
the application of heat, and exposed to the sun to dry.
When dried they resemble small, rough berries or seeds,
of a brown or purple color, and form the cochineal of
the shops, which is used for making carmine, and also
as a red dye.
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Note: Cochineal contains as its essential coloring matter
carminic acid, a purple red amorphous substance which
yields carmine red.
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