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Definition of Acanthocereus pentagonus
1. Noun. Cactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having edible juicy fruit.
Terms within: Pitahaya
Generic synonyms: Cactus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acanthocereus Pentagonus
Literary usage of Acanthocereus pentagonus
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)
"The species is near A. horridus, but has a much longer flower-tube. 3. Acanthocereus
pentagonus (Linnaeus) Britton and Rose, Contr. US Nat. Herb. 12: 432. ..."
2. Cactaceœ of Northeastern and Central Mexico Together with a Synopsis of the by William Edwin Safford (1909)
"... and should therefore be called acanthocereus pentagonus Britt. and Rose.
It is a night-flowering cactus with erect or reclining 3 to 6 angled stems, ..."
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