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QUEEN OF THE NIGHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does queen of the night mean? 

QUEEN OF THE NIGHT (noun)
  The noun QUEEN OF THE NIGHT has 1 sense:

1. tropical American climbing cactus having triangular branches; often cultivated for its large showy night-blooming flowers followed by yellow red-streaked fruitsplay

  Familiarity information: QUEEN OF THE NIGHT used as a noun is very rare.


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QUEEN OF THE NIGHT (noun)


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Meaning:

Tropical American climbing cactus having triangular branches; often cultivated for its large showy night-blooming flowers followed by yellow red-streaked fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

queen of the night; Selenicereus grandiflorus

Hypernyms ("queen of the night" is a kind of...):

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


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