HyperDic: genus_cereus

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Cereus:
NOUNplantgenus Cereus, Cereusgenus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike spines and nocturnal flowers usually white
English > genus Cereus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike spines and nocturnal flowers usually white.
SynonymCereus
Member ofCactaceae, family Cactaceae, cactus familyconstituting the order Opuntiales
Membersnight-blooming cereusAny of several cacti of the genus Cereus
Broadercaryophylloid dicot genusgenus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
Spanishcereus, genus cereus
Catalancereus, genus cereus

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