At a botanical garden in Phoenix some cactuses can’t take the heat.

  • AttackBunny@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Plural of cactus is cacti. Plural of octopus is octopuses. Octopi is apparently acceptable now too, but I’m not convinced.

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      1 year ago

      Octopus has a Greek root, so the correct plural would be octopodes. Octopuses and octopi are both acceptable, though. But I do love to bring up etymology whenever this comes up.