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noun
Any of the genus Cereus, either as currently or formerly defined, of plants of the cactus family, natives to the Americas, from California to Chile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
genus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike spines and nocturnal flowers usually white
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: genus Cereus
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Broader terms: caryophylloid dicot genus
History
Borrowed from translingual Cereus. Doublet of serge.
Across languages
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