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No, a cactus does not have a thorn. A cactus has spines.
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What plant has the biggest thorn?
cactus
What is the meaning of the term 'cactus spine'?
'Spine' is another word for 'thorn'.
Which categories the spine of cactus and thorn of Bougainvillea belong and why?
actually, they are fall in the category of analogous groups. as they do the same function but have different structure.
Is a thorn a leaf modification?
Thorns are leaf modifications in opuntia (a type of cactus) and a stem modification in bougainvillea. So it depends on the type of plant.
What parts of cactus plants and roses make them difficult to hold?
It's the thorns on cactus plants and roses that make them both difficult to hold. On both plants, the thorns serve to defend and protect the stem and the flower. But on the cactus, the thorn is a modified leaf. On a rose, the stem has both thorns and regular leaves.
How do you get cactus needles out of skin?
soak the finger or body part with the thorn in vinegar. It can be either white vinegar or cider vinegar, they both work the same. Or place cotton saturated with vinegar where the thorn is , and leave it in there for 20-30minutes. The thorn will just fall out.
Can it be dangerous if you get a cactus thorn in your skin?
Yes it can ... particularly if it becomes embedded under the skin. The body will make every effort to consume foreign items, such as thorns for instance, and if that thorn is infected in any way, the surrounding tissues can also become infected, causing what the medical community calls a skin ulcer. At that point, surgery may be required to cleanse the wound site from the infection and hopefully removed the thorn. Best advice is to have the thorn removed by a medical professional as soon as possible.
Why leaves are absent in cactus?
To protect it from predators in the desert.(: and to reduce the rate of transpiration. In many cases the thorn are formed by the modification of shoot , Thus eliminating the leaves hence the free surface to minimize the transpiration.)
Where is the Mexican west coast rattlesnake found?
This snakes are found in western Mexico, from southern Sonora to Michoacán. They live in areas which are treeless, are covered in short grass, thorn bushes and have plenty of cactus.
What is a good sentence for thorn?
The thorn pricked his finger. The catcalls were a thorn in his side.
Can a person die from a thorn?
yes. If the thorn have poison, you can die from a thorn.
Do cactus thorns cause warts?
No -- they don't cause warts. However, they may cause wart-like lesions or cysts that form around tiny pieces of the thorn that broke off and remained in the wound.
