There were several kinds of cacti in the desert garden. From LearnThat.org.
It browses on ground cacti, is reported to not drink, and is superior in cursorial ability compared to other living species. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference
Although called cacti, they are truly different in all aspects from the common desert variety. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Isle of Wight News] Reference
"Some of the aloe plants look very similar to our cacti, which is something, given the distance.". From Wordnik.com. Reference
The pear cacti, which is nursed in greenhouses in the States, grows wild on the plains to a height. From Wordnik.com. [Six Months in Mexico] Reference
Most notably there is the cochineal, a small insect that lives on cacti, which is widely used as a source of red food dye. From Wordnik.com. [Clipmarks | Live Clips] Reference
Dennis Oppenheim's large-scale 'cacti' on display at Eaton Fine Art. From Wordnik.com. [Staff Blogs] Reference
The plural is sometimes listed as '' cacti '' however '' cactus '' is also an acceptable plural term. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Oh, I've wanted all my life to see some real cacti. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle Or, The Girl Miner of Gold Run] Reference
A row of cacti, for example, is precisely ordered by size. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Creed: Down Over Up; Richard Wright: The Stairwell Project; Joan Mitchell] Reference
Some of the trailers have cacti planted next to their steps. From Wordnik.com. [Vanishing Acts]
Nopalry: a plantation of cacti for raising cochineal insects. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
There are 2000 species of cacti and many will do fine indoors. From Wordnik.com. [Annie Spiegelman: Saving Money in the Garden: 7 Earthly Tips] Reference
Plant thorny shrubs, like rosebushes or cacti, around your home. From Wordnik.com. [4 quick ways to increase home security] Reference
Arborescent ferns; cacti, thirty feet high, like huge candelabra. From Wordnik.com. [Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America] Reference
Nothing to report in the thorny scrub, or between the cacti, either. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 7, 2005] Reference
The garden is surrounded by a hedge of cacti or other kindred plants. From Wordnik.com. [Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America] Reference
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Why the Cardinals in Arizona, and why not the cacti?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 16, 2007] Reference
You get the certain kind of mosses and things that you can plant, you know, little cacti. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 28, 2005] Reference
He lifts her up so she can get a closer look, and then they disappear behind a wall of cacti. From Wordnik.com. [Vanishing Acts]
I landed on my chest in a row of short cacti, needles piercing my skin. From Wordnik.com. [El Gabacho] Reference
That pierce through his tennis shoes as he shovels scattered cacti leaves from out of the back. From Wordnik.com. [American Papyrus: 25 Poems] Reference
At the science table, they use magnifying glasses to explore piles of flowers, cacti and shells. From Wordnik.com. [The Right Way To Read] Reference
The barracks contain stylish tiled bedrooms with flagstone floors and cacti-studded desert views. From Wordnik.com. [Jordan's green crusade] Reference
It was hard going at that, especially as there were a good many cacti with their wretched thorns. From Wordnik.com. [Frontier Boys on the Coast or in the Pirate's Power] Reference
Not only is it surrounded by cactus everywhere -- the cacti -- and it's very, very arid, and rocks. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 11, 2002] Reference
The characteristic plants of these deserts are sage, mesquite, greasewood, and a great variety of cacti. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
I try to imagine following him around as he plants, dropping small white stones in mounds around the cacti. From Wordnik.com. [Vanishing Acts]
The big canal cacti were hollow, and in their interiors they maintained reserves of oxygen for their own use. From Wordnik.com. [Rebels of the Red Planet] Reference
Whenever the great stalks of these cacti die, the succulent portion is dried, and nothing is left but the woody fiber. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886] Reference
She pointed up the mountainside, where the mesquite and cacti grew thickest, and huge boulders made climbing difficult. From Wordnik.com. [Tabitha's Vacation] Reference
Like the "coccus cacti," it is covered with a whitish dust, and yields a tinctorial matter soluble in water and alcohol. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
The place might, of course, have been called Cactus Flats, but the cacti were neither as big nor as impressive as the yuccas. From Wordnik.com. [That Sweet Little Old Lady] Reference
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