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GENUS ACANTHOCEREUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Mostly trailing cacti having nocturnal white flowers; tropical America and Caribbean region
Synonyms:
Acanthocereus; genus Acanthocereus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Acanthocereus" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Acanthocereus" is a member of...):
Cactaceae; cactus family; family Cactaceae (constituting the order Opuntiales)