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night-blooming cereus

DEFINITIONS OF: night-blooming cereus

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n any of several night-blooming cacti of the genus Selenicereus

Types:
Selenicereus grandiflorus, queen of the night
tropical American climbing cactus having triangular branches; often cultivated for its large showy night-blooming flowers followed by yellow red-streaked fruits
Type of:
cactus
any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines

n any of several cacti of the genus Hylocereus

Type of:
cactus
any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines

n any of several cacti of the genus Cereus

Type of:
cactus
any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines
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