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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
Cactales : a name introduced without good reason, but now much used.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun An order of plants coextensive with the family
Cactaceae , comprising the cactuses.
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- noun coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactuses
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mollusque commented on the word Opuntiales
I like the Century Dictionary definition--"Same as Cactales: a name introduced without good reason, but now much used."
January 23, 2010