NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS

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 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)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

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)

Sense 3

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)