๐ต Cactus
Also known as: Desert
The Cactus emoji shows a tall green saguaro with two arms bending upward, its surface lined with ribs and tiny spines. It is the classic desert plant from cartoons and Western films. It means cactus or desert. People ...
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Meaning
The Cactus emoji shows a tall green saguaro with two arms bending upward, its surface lined with ribs and tiny spines. It is the classic desert plant from cartoons and Western films.
It means cactus or desert. People use it for houseplants and succulents, road trips through Arizona or Mexico, tequila nights and cowboy-themed parties. Because cacti are prickly and survive with little water, the emoji is also a playful symbol of someone who is a bit spiky or distant, or who stays tough in harsh conditions. Plant lovers often add it to posts about low-maintenance greenery.
For a full Wild West scene, combine it with ๐๏ธ Desert and ๐ค Cowboy Hat Face, and add โ๏ธ Sun for the heat. A tropical landscape calls for ๐ด Palm Tree instead. It was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
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๐ตU+1F335CactusA single code point: nothing joined, nothing modified.
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- HTML entity
- 🌵
- HTML decimal
- 🌵
- CSS
- \1F335
- JavaScript
- \u{1F335}
- URL-encoded
- %F0%9F%8C%B5
- PNG
- cactus.png ยท 512ร512
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