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noun
Any of various cacti with night-blooming flowers:
moonlight cacti (Selenicereus (syn. Hylocereus) spp.)), esp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any of various cacti with night-blooming flowers:
moonlight cacti (Selenicereus (syn. Hylocereus) spp.)), esp.
Selenicereus grandiflorus
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noun
Any of various cacti with night-blooming flowers:
Gregg's nightblooming cereus (Peniocereus greggii)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Arizona queen of the night, deer-horn cactus, sweet potato cactus
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noun
Any of various cacti with night-blooming flowers:
dutchman's pipe (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)
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noun
any of several cacti of the genus Cereus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cactus
noun
any of several cacti of the genus Hylocereus
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noun
any of several night-blooming cacti of the genus Selenicereus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cactus
Narrower terms: queen of the night, Selenicereus grandiflorus
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