vaarinkaktus

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Finnish

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Cephalocereus senilis

Etymology

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vaarin (grandfather's) +‎ kaktus (cactus)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑːrinˌkɑktus/, [ˈʋɑ̝ːriŋˌkɑ̝kt̪us̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑktus
  • Syllabification(key): vaa‧rin‧kak‧tus

Noun

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vaarinkaktus

  1. old man cactus, Cephalocereus senilis (tall, columnar species of cactus with a shaggy coat of long, white hairs, native to Hidalgo and Veracruz in central Mexico, popular as house plant)

Declension

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Possessive forms of vaarinkaktus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)