Definition for Cereus:

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

Synonyms for Cereus:

• n.

  •cereus (noun)
  • genus cereus.
  •plant (noun)
  • cereus.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • caryophylloid dicot genus.

Cereus Sentence Examples:

• The air about him was filled with the soft flutter of moths and other honey - seekers; the heavy perfume of a white jasmine came to him, mingled with the sweet odor of the night - blooming cereus.

• That such things happened in romances, she had read; that they were not unknown in real life, even in New York, she had heard it whispered; but that they should crop up in her own immediate circle was not less wonderful than if the night - blooming cereus had suddenly burst into flower in her strip of garden.

Holonyms for Cereus:

• n.

  • plant
    cactus family, Family Cactaceae, cactaceae.

Hyponym for Cereus:

• n.

  • plant
    caryophylloid dicot genus.

Meronym for Cereus:

• n.

  • plant
    night-blooming cereus.