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Meaning of cactusy | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Cactuslike, prickly.
    informal
  2. Featuring a cactus or cacti.

Examples

“My chest feels cactusy.”
“The spines on aloe vera look cactusy, but they are really faux spines and not likely to prick you at all.”
“Of all the God-forsaken, sandy, cactusy desert regions, my habitat takes the cake.”
“This perfectly charming little hideaway winds back between cactusy hills and is currently so deserted that you will see more goats and birds than people.”
“I spent the close of the 1970s presiding over the marriages of just about every dog to every other dog in the cactusy desert north of Tucson.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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