cereus

/seer-ee-uhs/US // ˈsɪər i əs //UK // (ˈsɪərɪəs) //

蜡笔小新,谷仓菌,谷类菌,谷类

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural ce·re·us·es.
- : any of various plants of the genus Cereus, of the cactus family, having large, usually white, funnel-shaped flowers.
- : any of several related, similar plants, especially of the genera Hylocereus, Nyctocereus, and Selenicereus.

Some of the most common species in cultivation are the Phyllocactus species, often called the Night-blooming Cereus.
Pluck them with me; they are sweet, delicate, and lustrous to look upon, even as the night-blowing cereus.
Systematically it belongs to the Cereus family, in which the notable Night-blooming Cereus also is naturally included.
Once more the night-blooming cereus oped its dank petals; and amid its murky fragrance I sank to rest.
But opposite the drawing-room window rose a Candelabra Cereus, thirty feet high.