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|lshtext=<b>cactus</b>: i, m., = [[κάκτος]] | |lshtext=<b>cactus</b>: i, m., = [[κάκτος]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[prickly]] [[plant]] [[with]] [[edible]] stalks, etc., [[found]] in Sicily, Spanish artichoke: Cynara cardunculus, Linn.; Plin. 21, 16, 57, § 97.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., [[any]] [[thing]] [[thorny]], [[unpleasant]]: eradicato omni cacto et rubo subdolae familiaritatis, Tert. Pall. 2 fin.> | ||
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cactus: i, m., = κάκτος,
I a prickly plant with edible stalks, etc., found in Sicily, Spanish artichoke: Cynara cardunculus, Linn.; Plin. 21, 16, 57, § 97.—
II Trop., any thing thorny, unpleasant: eradicato omni cacto et rubo subdolae familiaritatis, Tert. Pall. 2 fin.>
