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Definition of Selenicereus grandiflorus
1. Noun. Tropical American climbing cactus having triangular branches; often cultivated for its large showy night-blooming flowers followed by yellow red-streaked fruits.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Selenicereus Grandiflorus
Literary usage of Selenicereus grandiflorus
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)
"(2) Tip of branch of Selenicereus grandiflorus. (3) Fruit of Selenicereus
grandiflorus 198 PLATE 34. Flowering branch of Selenicereus ..."
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. ..."