| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb cactaceously.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (cactaceously) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective cactaceous.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "CACTACEOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
