barrel cactus

Questions about barrel cactus

What does barrel cactus mean?

barrel cactus means "a cactus of the genus Ferocactus: unbranched barrel-shaped cactus having deep ribs with numerous spines and usually large funnel-shaped flowers followed by dry fruits". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for barrel cactus?

Close synonyms include echinocactus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is barrel cactus a common word?

barrel cactus is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.