GENUS HYLOCEREUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Hylocereus mean? 

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

1. genus of climbing or epiphytic tropical American cacti with angular stems and mostly white very fragrant flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS HYLOCEREUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of climbing or epiphytic tropical American cacti with angular stems and mostly white very fragrant flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Hylocereus; Hylocereus

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Hylocereus"):

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

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

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