NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does night-blooming cereus mean?
• NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS (noun)
The noun NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS has 3 senses:
1. any of several night-blooming cacti of the genus Selenicereus
2. any of several cacti of the genus Hylocereus
3. any of several cacti of the genus Cereus
Familiarity information: NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS (noun)
Meaning:
Any of several night-blooming cacti of the genus Selenicereus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("night-blooming cereus" is a kind of...):
cactus (any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "night-blooming cereus"):
queen of the night; Selenicereus grandiflorus (tropical American climbing cactus having triangular branches; often cultivated for its large showy night-blooming flowers followed by yellow red-streaked fruits)
Holonyms ("night-blooming cereus" is a member of...):
genus Selenicereus; Selenicereus (mostly epiphytic climbing cacti that bloom at night)
Meaning:
Any of several cacti of the genus Hylocereus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("night-blooming cereus" is a kind of...):
cactus (any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines)
Holonyms ("night-blooming cereus" is a member of...):
genus Hylocereus; Hylocereus (genus of climbing or epiphytic tropical American cacti with angular stems and mostly white very fragrant flowers)
Meaning:
Any of several cacti of the genus Cereus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("night-blooming cereus" is a kind of...):
cactus (any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines)
Holonyms ("night-blooming cereus" is a 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)
