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I know that the dictionary states that the plural of cactus is cacti or cactuses. I'm convinced that the plural of cactus should be cactus. It is sometimes not possible to tell, by sight alone, whether a multi-armed columnar cactus, or a multi-headed button type cactus, is a single plant or multiple plants close together. This leads to circumstances where an individual could incorrectly say 'look at those cacti/cactuses' when in fact they are referring to a single plant, or alternatively, 'look at that cactus' when (incorrectly) referring to multiple plants. To overcome this issue I only refer to cactus as cactus, regardless of the number of plants. Do we have any multilingual members who can advise whether other languages use the same word to refer to cactus in both the singular and plural?
