A cactus of either of two genera in the family Cactaceae: Epiphyllum and Pereskia.

plural of leaf cactus

(law, uncountable) A system of law centered on the sacred character of the cosmos. / (law, countable) An individual law of this kind.

plural of cable-laid rope

(botany) An unspecialized leaf, composed of a flat lamina and often a petiole, which is the primary seat of photosynthesis and transpiration in plants that have them.

(botany) That part of a leaf and petiole that grows from an apical meristem.

(botany) That part of a leaf and petiole that grows from a basal meristem.

(botany) A structure at the base of a leaf's petiole that partly surrounds or protect the stem or another organ that it subtends.

(law) The body of now archaic legal terms used in the United Kingdom descended from the Anglo-Norman dialect of Old French.

Alternative spelling of crème de la crème