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night-blooming cereus

[ nahyt-bloo-ming ]

noun

  1. 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

  1. any of several cacti of the genera Hylocereus, Selenicereus, etc, having large fragrant flowers that open at night
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of night-blooming cereus1

First recorded in 1800–10
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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.

From Time

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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