Clues for the word "CACTUS"
We've had 54 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 104 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Quick crossword on July 08, 2026.
Definition of cactus
- n. - Any plant of the order Cactacae, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They usually have leafless stems and branches, often beset with clustered thorns, and are mostly natives of the warmer parts of America.
Referring Clues
- Prickly pear, e.g.
- Saguaro
- Sticker
- It has points in Arizona
- Natural sticker
- Xerophyte
- Peyote is one
- Desert water source
- Prickly plant
- Mescal, e.g.
- Desert plant
- Desert flora sight, perhaps
- It can be sticky in Arizona
- Desert succulent
- Peyote or saguaro
- Spiny plant
- Prickly desert plant
- Spiny succulent plant
- Bit of desert flora
- Desert bloomer
- It often breaks Wile E.'s fall
- Sticking plant
- Low-maintenance potted plant
- Desert sight
- Saguaro, for one
- Prickly one
- Easter plant
- Desert flower
- Desert growth
- Symbol of Arizona
- Plant in Road Runner cartoons
- Xeric plant
- Source of psychoactive agents
- It has points in the desert
- Plant found in 41-Across
- Plant that may be pointed out in the desert
- Spiny desert plant
- Succulent plant of arid regions
- Succulent
- Bit of a scar where cuts have been made in a plant
- Sonoran succulent
- It may be pointed out in the desert
- Thorny desert plant
- Often prickly succulent plant native to arid regions
- Animal eating head of Central American plant, succulent one
- Calculator in gas plant
- Plant in many Road Runner cartoons
- Congress initially take steps to get American plant
- Arizona bloomer
- Plant seen in Road Runner cartoons
- Southwestern plant
- What has spikes of interest?
- Flora that's tricky to transplant
- Saguaro National Park growth
Last Seen In
- Daily Quick - July 08, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - April 07, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 23, 2026
- Daily Quick - November 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 16, 2025
- LA Times - August 15, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - May 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 04, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - August 15, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 15, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - July 11, 2024
- Daily Quick - July 07, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 03, 2024
- LA Times - May 24, 2024
- USA Today - May 06, 2024
- Daily Quick - November 21, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - October 04, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - August 25, 2023
- New York Times - June 03, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - May 08, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - February 27, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 13, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 22, 2022
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 10, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - November 01, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - October 21, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - September 07, 2022
- And in 74 more crossword puzzles...