night-blooming cereus

English

Noun

night-blooming cereus (plural night-blooming cereuses)

  1. Any of various cacti with night-blooming flowers:
    1. moonlight cacti (Selenicereus (syn. Hylocereus) spp.)), esp.
      1. Selenicereus grandiflorus
    2. Gregg's nightblooming cereus (Peniocereus greggii)
      Synonym: Arizona queen of the night, deer-horn cactus, sweet potato cactus
    3. dutchman's pipe (Epilhyllum oxypetalum)

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