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rainbow cactus

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rainbow cactus
n.
Either of two spiny cylindrical varieties of cactus of the southwestern United States and Mexico, Echinocereus pectinatus var. neomexicanus, having yellow flowers, or E. pectinatus var. rigidissimus, having showy magenta flowers.
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Noun1.rainbow cactus - a stout cylindrical cactus of the southwest United States and adjacent Mexicorainbow cactus - a stout cylindrical cactus of the southwest United States and adjacent Mexico
cactus - any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines
Echinocereus, genus Echinocereus - large genus of low-growing shrubby ribbed cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States


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