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Definition of Hylocereus
1. Noun. Genus of climbing or epiphytic tropical American cacti with angular stems and mostly white very fragrant flowers.
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Cactaceae, Cactus Family, Family Cactaceae
Member holonyms: Night-blooming Cereus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hylocereus
Literary usage of Hylocereus
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)
"Tip of joint of Hylocereus guatema- lensis 262. Ovary of Hylocereus costaricensis,
transformed into a branch 263. Plant of Hylocereus undatus 264. ..."
2. Manual of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits: Excluding the Banana, Coconut by Wilson Popenoe (1920)
"61) (Hylocereus, Lemaireocereus, and Cereus) The fruits of many cacti are known
in tropical America by the name pitaya, also spelled pitahaya, ..."
3. Cactaceœ of Northeastern and Central Mexico Together with a Synopsis of the by William Edwin Safford (1909)
"Hylocereus includes the well-known Cereus triangularis and Cereus ... There is
much confusion between the first two mentioned, but Hylocereus trigonus (pi. ..."
4. Flora of Miami: Being Descriptions of the Seed-plants Growing Naturally on by John Kunkel Small (1913)
"Hylocereus Britt. & Rose. Plants with climbing prominently 3-angled or 3-winged
stems and branches, the areolae remote, with several short spines ..."
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