NOUN | plant | night-blooming cereus | any of several night-blooming cacti of the genus Selenicereus |
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plant | night-blooming cereus | any of several cacti of the genus Hylocereus | |
plant | night-blooming cereus | any of several cacti of the genus Cereus |
Meaning | Any of several night-blooming cacti of the genus Selenicereus. | |
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Member of | Selenicereus, genus Selenicereus | Mostly epiphytic climbing cacti that bloom at night |
Narrower | queen of the night, Selenicereus grandiflorus | Tropical American climbing cactus having triangular branches |
Broader | cactus | Any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines |
Meaning | Any of several cacti of the genus Hylocereus. | |
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Member of | Hylocereus, genus Hylocereus | genus of climbing or epiphytic tropical American cacti with angular stems and mostly white very fragrant flowers |
Broader | cactus | Any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines |
Meaning | Any of several cacti of the genus Cereus. | |
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Member of | Cereus, genus Cereus | genus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike spines and nocturnal flowers usually white |
Broader | cactus | Any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines |
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