HOW TO PRONOUNCE
cacti
/ˈkæktaɪ/
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Stress CAK.
Keep k and t together. The final vowel can sound like my or see.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“The greenhouse contains several cacti.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does cacti mean?
noun
- plural of cactus
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkæktaɪ/
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It consists of live oak, pinion, mesquite, desert willow, greasewood, sage brush, palmilla, maguey, yucca and cacti and is mostly evergreen.
These huge reptiles, surrounded by the black lava, the leafless shrubs, and large cacti, seemed to my fancy like some antediluvian animals.
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Most cacti are easy to grow, requiring little care and enduring the heat and dryness of a living room much better than most other plants.
Thongs of cacti were spread over the rocks and tree-trunks.
I once knew a young man named Whipple, who sat down on a bunch of these cacti at a picnic in Virginia Dale, Wyo., and he never smiled again.