ACANTHOCEREUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does Acanthocereus mean? • ACANTHOCEREUS (noun)
The noun ACANTHOCEREUS has 1 sense:
1. mostly trailing cacti having nocturnal white flowers; tropical America and Caribbean region
Familiarity information: ACANTHOCEREUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ACANTHOCEREUS (noun)
Meaning:
Mostly trailing cacti having nocturnal white flowers; tropical America and Caribbean region
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Acanthocereus; genus Acanthocereus
Hypernyms ("Acanthocereus" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Holonyms ("Acanthocereus" is a member of...):
Cactaceae; cactus family; family Cactaceae (constituting the order Opuntiales)
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