Cactaceae

Usage examples for cactaceae:

• There flourish the pecan, the hackberry, the black walnut, the wild china, with evergreen oaks, plums, and clustering grapevines; while in the sterile plain above are only seen those forms of the botanical world that truly indicate the desert- various species of cactaceae, agaves, and yuccas- the palmilla and lechuguilla, dwarf- cedars, and mezquites, artemisia, and the strong- smelling larrea, or " creosote plant." - "The Lone Ranche", Captain Mayne Reid.