cactus

cac-tus · noun

imported

Definitions

1.
A succulent plant with thick, fleshy stems that store water, typically found in arid regions and often covered with spines instead of leaves.
2.
[Australian/British slang]Broken, ruined, or not working.

plural: cacti, cactuses

Synonyms: succulent

From Latin cactus, from Greek kaktos, the name for a type of spiny plant, probably the cardoon. First attested in English in the 17th century.