Definition of Selenicereus

1. Noun. Mostly epiphytic climbing cacti that bloom at night.

Exact synonyms: Genus Selenicereus
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Cactaceae, Cactus Family, Family Cactaceae
Member holonyms: Night-blooming Cereus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Selenicereus

Selangor
Selar
Selar crumenophthalmus
Selcraig
Seldinger technique
Select
Selected Area Electron Diffraction
Selective Service System
Selects
Selena
Selenarctos
Selenarctos thibetanus
Selene
Selene setapinnis
Selene vomer
Selenicereus (current term)
Selenicereus grandiflorus
Selenipedium
Selenomonas
Seles
Seleucus
Seleucus I
Seleucus I Nicator
Selina
Selivanoff's test
Seljuckian
Seljuk
Seljukian
Seljuks
Seljuq

Literary usage of Selenicereus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cactaceae: Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Nelson Rose (1920)
"Flower of Selenicereus hamatus Part of branch of Selenicereus hamatus. Flower of Selenicereus vagans a and b, branches of Selenicereus vagans. с and d, ..."

2. National Institutes of Health Bulletin by National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (1920)
"... is Selenicereus grandiflorus (Lin.) Britton and Rose. The names given in the NF, IV, are only synonyms and should not bo used.—Drug. Circ. 1917, v. ..."

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