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Pioneers of northern Mexico and of the southwestern United States of America tried to ease cactus thorns out or remove them by force. They applied poultices to encourage the thorns to work their way out of the skin. Or they soaked the affected parts, for the same reason. Or they tried to remove them with heated, sterilized needles.
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What the plant has thorns?
cactus
What are thorns made of?
cactus thorns are made up of Leaves
What is the function of leaves on a cactus?
defence. the cacti leaves are the thorns...
What are the structural adaptations of bamboo and the cactus and the rose?
the thorns is a structural adaption of rose,cactus,bamboo
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.
Is the cactus a plant?
no it is a mammle those thorns are really hairs
How big are cactus thorns?
They vary in size from species to species and my be the size of nails or like small hairs.
What is a sentence using the word cactus?
The thorns on cacti are like seeds, if you want to reproduce a cactus you will probably need a green house, if you don't have a greenhouse you can take a plastic bag and poke small holes in it and drape it over the cactus. Cactus thorns are sharp and prickly they are a natural defence system.
Its stem has thorns that keep predators from eating its flowers?
The desert cactus
Is a cactus covered with thorns?
The jumping cholla [Cylindropuntia bigelovii] doesn't need to launch its thorns. The thorns just loosen easily in response to strong wind events, or contact. The cactus is native to North America. In Mexico, it's found in the Sonoran Desert. In the U.S., it's found in Arizona, California, and Texas. It's also known by a number of common names, including the ironic Teddy Bear cholla.
What type of tree has thorns on trunk with edible shoots?
PRICKLY pear cactus
What plant stem has thorns that keep predators from eating its flowers?
The desert cactus
