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Melocactus intortus, also
known as the Turk's head cactus, is a
species of
cactus endemic to the Caribbean. The
Turks Islands in the
Turks and
Caicos are...
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Cirrus intortus is a
variety of
cirrus cloud. The name
cirrus intortus is
derived from Latin,
meaning "twisted, wound". The
variety of
intortus clouds...
- islands'. The
Turks Islands are
named after the Turk's cap cactus,
Melocactus intortus,
whose red
cephalium resembles the fez hat worn by
Turks in the late Ottoman...
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feature in
March 2017, it is the
first cloud formation added since cirrus intortus in 1951. The name
translates approximately as "roughness". The
clouds are...
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derived from Latin,
meaning "jointed, articulated, vertebrated". Like
cirrus intortus, the
vertebratus species is
exclusive to the
cirrus genus.
Cirrus vertebratus...
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species is
divided into up to four varieties:
intortus, vertebratus, radiatus, and duplicatus:
Intortus variety has an
extremely contorted shape, with...
- from a
species of
cactus on the island, the Turk's cap
cactus (Melocactus
intortus),
which has a
distinctive cap,
reminiscent of an
Ottoman fez. In addition...
- thin
cirrus filaments.[citation needed]
Another variety,
cirrus s****atus
intortus, is
sometimes described as
looking like "entangled sheaves" of
cirrus clouds...
- ****ociated, but only
appear when
atmospheric conditions favor their formation.
Intortus and
vertebratus varieties occur on
occasion with
cirrus fibratus. They...
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Cirrus uncinus (Ci unc)
Varieties Cirrus duplicatus (Ci du)
Cirrus intortus (Ci in)
Cirrus radiatus (Ci ra)
Cirrus vertebratus (Ci ve)
Variants Cirrus...
