Cactus

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

cactus
    n 1: any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly
         to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Cactus wren} (Zool.), an American wren of the genus
      {Campylorhynchus}, of several species.
      [1913 Webster]

from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

Cactus, TX (city, FIPS 11692)
  Location: 36.04473 N, 102.01110 W
  Population (1990): 1529 (478 housing units)
  Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

Cactus, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
   Population (2000):    2538
   Housing Units (2000): 820
   Land area (2000):     2.040434 sq. miles (5.284699 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    2.040434 sq. miles (5.284699 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            11692
   Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
   Location:             36.046124 N, 102.002251 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Cactus, TX
    Cactus

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "cactus":
      bramble, brier, bristle, burr, catchweed, cleavers, goose grass,
      needle, nettle, pine needle, prickle, quill, spicule, spiculum,
      spike, spikelet, spine, sticker, thistle, thorn, yucca