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Feature Of A Cactus A Book Or A Human Being Crossword Clue

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noun

• the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord

• any sharply pointed projection

• a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

• the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved

• a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin

32%10 Its name is derived from the Latin words 'ferus' meaning 'fierce' and 'cactus' meaning 'cactus'
noun

• genus of nearly globular cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States: barrel cacti

32%9 Epiphytic cactus commonly known as mistletoe cactus
noun

• large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic unarmed cacti with usually segmented stems and pendulous branches; flowers are small followed by berrylike fruits

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