Words that come from Latin “cactus”
309 words across 47 languages descend from Latin cactus — including cactus, chlorophyll, cacti, theophylline, chervil, phyllo, bacteriochlorophyll, echinus.
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English (102)
- cactus
- chlorophyll
- cacti
- theophylline
- chervil
- phyllo
- bacteriochlorophyll
- echinus
- protochlorophyllide
- sclerophyllous
- gillyflower
- phyllosphere
- chlorophyllin
- triphyllous
- chlorophyllide
- achlorophyllous
- chlorophyllase
- chlorophyllous
- echinocyte
- phylloid
- phyllon
- cactuslike
- echinate
- microphyllous
- phyllopod
- chlorophyllic
- megaphyllous
- gamophyllous
- phyllopodous
- aphyllous
- echinocytosis
- cactusy
- phyllous
- prophyll
- cactused
- phyllocyanin
- phyllome
- phyllophagous
- lamprophyllite
- tetraphyllous
- anisophyllous
- macrophyllous
- laurophyllous
- adenophyllous
- -phyllous
- dasyphyllous
- echinuliform
- ganophyllite
- molybdophyllite
- phylliform
- phyllobranchia
- phyllo-
- phyllocyst
- phyllogenous
- phyllomania
- phyllomorphosis
- phyllomorphy
- quadriphyllous
- stenophyllous
- xanthophyllite
- xiphophyllous
- -phyll
- noncactus
- July-flower
- endophyllous
- theodrenaline
- echino-
- spheroechinocyte
- phyllomancy
- spath
- fillo
- filo
- Spathiphyllum
- -phyllum
- acetyloxytheophylline
- cyanophyllite
- dechlorophyllization
- phyllochron
- bacteriochlorophyllic
- cactus longhorn beetle
- chin cactus
- chlorophylloid
- chylophyllous
- elliptoechinocyte
- geophyllous
- hecatophyllous
- homoiochlorophyllous
- ladyfinger cactus
- microechinate
- monophylous
- nanophyllous
- phyllochronic
- phyllomanganate
- phyllomic
- phyllophagy
- phylloplane
- phyllospheric
- poikilochlorophyllous
- prophylloid
- protochlorophyll
- symphyllous
- Echinades
Translingual (41)
- Echinus
- Echinacea
- Echinodermata
- Caryophyllus
- Caryophyllales
- Euechinoidea
- Echinoidea
- Cactus
- Cactoideae
- Cactaceae
- Ceratophyllum
- Ceratophyllales
- Caryophyllaceae
- Phylloscopus
- Phylloscopidae
- Echinops
- Palaeechinoidea
- Phyllostachys
- Osmanthus heterophyllus
- Phylloxera
- Phylloxeroidea
- Phylloxeridae
- Echimys
- Echimyidae
- Proechimys
- Echinozoa
- Echinocactus
- Phyllopoda
- Bulbophyllum
- Epiphyllum
- Cleistocactus
- Echinodorus
- Euphyllia
- Ferocactus
- Acroechinoidea
- Aporocactus
- Caryophyllineae
- Ceratophyllanae
- Luffa echinata
- Pediocactus
- Phyllocactus