Interesting facts about cactuses

A cactus is a succulent plant of the family Cactaceae. The word “cactus” derives, through Latin, from the Ancient Greek κάκτος, kaktos, a name originally used by Theophrastus (the successor to Aristotle) for a spiny plant whose identity is not certain. Cacti is the Latin plural of cactus, and some writers use it in English. … Read more