ACANTHOCEREUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Acanthocereus mean? 

• ACANTHOCEREUS (noun)
  The noun ACANTHOCEREUS has 1 sense:

1. mostly trailing cacti having nocturnal white flowers; tropical America and Caribbean region

  Familiarity information: ACANTHOCEREUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACANTHOCEREUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Mostly trailing cacti having nocturnal white flowers; tropical America and Caribbean region

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acanthocereus; genus Acanthocereus

Hypernyms ("Acanthocereus" is a kind of...):

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Holonyms ("Acanthocereus" is a member of...):

Cactaceae; cactus family; family Cactaceae (constituting the order Opuntiales)