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Mobarakabad, Qom-Cactaceae in Iran گلخانه کاکتوس، روستای مبارک آباد قم 25

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A cactus (plural: cacti, cactuses, or cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae,[Note 1] a family comprising about 127 genera with some 1750 known species of the order Caryophyllales. The word "cactus" derives, through Latin, from the Ancient Greek κάκτος, kaktos, a name originally used by Theophrastus for a spiny plant whose identity is not certain.

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