2007-03-09 12:22:54 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
Most do.
The members of the Opuntia family also have miniature hair like barbed spines called glochids that are even more annoying than regular thorns.
2007-03-09 13:15:06 · answer #1 · answered by hungryhart 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. One feature distinguishes the cactuses from all other plants: cactuses possess areoles, as they are known. The areole appears like a cushion with a diameter of up to 15 mm and is formed by two opposing buds in the angles of a leaf. From the upper bud develops either a blossom or a side shoot, from the lower bud develop thorns. The two buds of the areoles can lie very close together, but they can also sometimes be separated by several centimetres.
2007-03-10 16:53:55 · answer #2 · answered by BeachBum 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, cactus has thorns.
2007-03-10 00:26:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anthony F 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
annoying extra effective than the rest; no longer poisonous. first element to objective is duct tape: soft it on the affected section *firmly* and then pull quickly and sophisticated. Spreading white glue on the section, allowing it to dry, and then pulling the glue off has additionally been regular to artwork. those are the two sensible quickly methods i be attentive to. extra easy, imo, nevertheless extra time eating, is to tape a chop up piece of dried fruit over the section -- bandaid and chop up raisin for a small spot, chop up prune or date for a greater section, hung on by skill of adhesive tape. pass to sleep, and commonly the glochids (those nasty little stiff hairs) would be out the subsequent morning. This works by skill of shrinking the exterior far off from the glochids by skill of osmotic rigidity of the sugars interior the dried fruit. the exterior shrinks, the glochids do no longer -- voila!
2016-11-23 18:17:58 · answer #4 · answered by hasir 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they have thorn. they use it to conserve water. it law of nature and protection for self defense
2007-03-10 19:43:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're called Spines or Needles.
Good luck
2007-03-10 05:16:02 · answer #6 · answered by Croa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cactus has torns and there are people who are torny in civic participation.
2007-03-10 00:57:38 · answer #7 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All of my colleagues and I (in the cacti community) refer to them as a "spike", actually.
2007-03-09 12:32:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you know that you're in the wrong section to be asking this?
2007-03-09 18:13:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ive called them prickers since i could remember
2007-03-09 12:30:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋