Meaning of cactophile | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An animal which lives in or feeds on cacti.
2. A person who is especially fond of cacti.

Examples

“Other insects are cactophiles, including Homoptera such as the cactus dodger (Cacama valvata) […]”

“Phyllostomus discolor is an opportunistic cactophile that occasionally visits flowering columnar cacti in the Venezuelan Andes (Sosa and Soriano, 1996) .”

“Although not all cactophiles live in deserts, they and their host plants tend to inhabit dry regions.”

“As a group they present all of the challenges in collecting, classifying, and culturing cacti which the most ardent cactophile can desire.”

“I'm a cactophile yet my favorite plant (I define favorite as the one plant that will make me cry should it ever leave me for the great botanists in the sky) is a Haemantha albiflos.”

“Googly eyes are often added to this plant as a novelty. One look at it captures the imagination of every cactophile.”

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