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night-blooming cereus
[ nahyt-bloo-ming ]
noun
- any of various cacti of the genera Hylocereus, Peniocereus, Nyctocereus, or Selenicereus, having large, usually white flowers that open at night.
night-blooming cereus
noun
- any of several cacti of the genera Hylocereus, Selenicereus, etc, having large fragrant flowers that open at night
Word History and Origins
Origin of night-blooming cereus1
Example Sentences
I asked Hetrick why my night-blooming cereus, large and established, is so shy to bloom.
Workers were trying to preserve agave, ocotillo and various cactuses including saguaro, fishhook, night-blooming cereus, senita, barrel, hedgehog and the park’s namesake Organ Pipe, he said.
Some types of night-blooming cereus can be even more dramatic; there’s one with even larger blooms, up to a foot across.
I think of the night-blooming cereus, a plant that looks like a leathery weed most of the year.
In describing the importance of journey in his pieces, Turrell mentions a night-blooming cereus known as the Queen of the Night.
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