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Example sentences for: cactus

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Luckily another single-crop opportunity presented itself in the form of cochineal, a parasitic insect attracted to the opuntia variety of cactus.
Hottest spot in the region, down by the American border, is Osoyoos, nestling in the mountains around a good swimming lake and pocket-sized but honest-to-goodness desert complete with cactus, sagebrush, rattlesnakes, coyotes, and horned toads.
caecum - chicane, cocaine, cocoon, caucus, caching, cactus, coaching
The popular image of a Mexican with a large sombrero sleeping under a cactus very likely originated from these early writings of traveling Americans, with the result that the icon has become imprinted forever upon the collective character of Chicanos and Mexicans.
César Manrique also cultivated the spiny flora into a beautiful Jardín de Cactus complete with a working windmill that produces its own gofio (see page 15).