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A plant that has adapted to survive in dry conditions by developing specialized structures to conserve water, building on the fundamental properties of a plant that undergo photosynthesis and requires cell structure.
External reference — all senses of the word “Cactus” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.