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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 fruits
Familiarity information: QUEEN OF THE NIGHT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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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