night-blooming cereus

Definitions of night-blooming cereus

1. noun

   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
2. noun

   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
3. noun

   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