GENUS CEREUS

 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Cereus mean? 

• GENUS CEREUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS CEREUS has 1 sense:

1. genus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike spines and nocturnal flowers usually white

  Familiarity information: GENUS CEREUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CEREUS (noun)

Meaning:

Genus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike spines and nocturnal flowers usually white

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cereus; genus Cereus

Hypernyms ("genus Cereus" is a kind of...):

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "genus Cereus"):

night-blooming cereus (any of several cacti of the genus Cereus)

Holonyms ("genus Cereus" is a member of...):

Cactaceae; cactus family; family Cactaceae (constituting the order Opuntiales)