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cactus
1. n. (botany) Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.
2. n. Any succulent plant with a thick fleshy stem bearing spines but no leaves, including euphorb, pl=s.
3. adj. (Australia, NZ, slang) Non-functional, broken, exhausted.

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Life is like licking honey off a cactus.

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