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noun, plural -us·es.
1.
any of various plants of the genus Cereus, of the cactus family, having large, usually white, funnel-shaped flowers.
2.
any of several related, similar plants, especially of the genera Hylocereus, Nyctocereus, and Selenicereus.
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cereus
cactus genus, 1730, from L. cereus "waxy," from cera "wax."
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