cactusses

English

Noun

cactusses

1. plural of cactus

   Synonyms: cacti, cactus, cactuses

   • 1861, Thornley Grant, The Moated Farm, London: James Blackwood, page 16:

     Cactuſſes, or rather Cacti—for all the grand people called them ſo—he muſt have plenty of them.

   • 1875, Lievin de Hamme, Guide to the Holy Places and Historical Sites in the Holy Land, Ghent: C. Poelman, page 531:

     Thence we go West, the road lying between two rows of cactusses, leave a path on the left and then we cross a little ravine, the left shore of which we follow (1), turning South West.

   • 2012, Arie Wilschut, Images of Time: The Role of a Historical Consciousness of Time in Learning History, Information Age Publishing, →ISBN, page 234:

     Even after careful searching the Spanish did not find anything of value on Aruba. All there was were bare rocks, cactusses and divi-divi trees.