"cereus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cereuses [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Cereus. Doublet of serge. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|mul|Cereus}} translingual Cereus, {{doublet|en|serge}} Doublet of serge Head templates: {{en-noun}} cereus (plural cereuses)
  1. Any of the genus Cereus, either as currently or formerly defined, of plants of the cactus family, natives to the Americas, from California to Chile. Derived forms: night-blooming cereus, hedgehog cereus (taxonomic: Echinocereus spp.) Related terms: cerein, ceroid Translations (cactus): شَمْعِيَّة (šamʕiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), شَمَعِيَّة (šamaʕiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), цэ́рэус (céreus) [masculine] (Belarusian), 仙人柱 (xiānrénzhù) (Chinese Mandarin), 天輪柱 /天轮柱 (tiānlúnzhù) (Chinese Mandarin), 六角柱 (liùjiǎozhù) (Chinese Mandarin), zuilcactus [masculine] (Dutch), pylväskaktus (Finnish), cierge [masculine] (French), ცერეუსი (cereusi) (Georgian), pałczak [masculine] (Polish), otąg [masculine] (Polish), цереус (cereus) [masculine] (Russian), stupasti kaktus [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fakľovec [masculine] (Slovak), gigantón [masculine] (Spanish), aguacolla [feminine] (Spanish), pelarkaktus [common-gender] (Swedish), цере́ус (ceréus) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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