cactus (kāk'təs)
noun, plural cacti (-tī') or cactuses
- Any of various succulent, spiny, usually leafless plants native mostly to arid regions of the New World, having variously colored, often showy flowers with numerous stamens and petals.
- Any of several similar plants.
Origin:
1607, from Latin cactus "cardoon", from Greek "kaktos", name of a type of prickly plant of Sicily (the Spanish artichoke). Modern meaning is 18c., because Linnaeus gave the name to a group of plants he thought were related to this but are not.
-arium a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, which often denote a location or receptacle (armarium; caldarium; solarium; vivarium). It has limited productivity in English, esp. in words denoting an artificial environment for plants or animals, on the model of vivarium or herbarium: aquarium; insectarium; terrarium.
Cactusarium - my place where i grow cactuses.
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