SELENICEREUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Selenicereus mean? 

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

1. mostly epiphytic climbing cacti that bloom at night

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SELENICEREUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mostly epiphytic climbing cacti that bloom at night

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Selenicereus; Selenicereus

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Selenicereus"):

night-blooming cereus (any of several night-blooming cacti of the genus Selenicereus)

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

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