Definitions for Cereus

Cereus ce·re·us

Spelling: [seer-ee-uh s]
IPA: /ˈsɪər i əs/

Cereus is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 91 anagrams from letters in Cereus (ceersu).

Definitions for Cereus

noun

  1. any of various plants of the genus Cereus, of the cactus family, having large, usually white, funnel-shaped flowers.
  2. any of several related, similar plants, especially of the genera Hylocereus, Nyctocereus, and Selenicereus.

Origin of Cereus

1720-30; New Latin, Latin cēreus wax candle, noun use of cēreus cereous

Examples for Cereus

Some of the kinds thrive best when grafted on to a thin-stemmed cereus.

The saguara (cereus giganteus), or great columnar cactus, furnishes the chief supply.

Introduced about 1840; it is more like a cereus, in the form of its stem, than an Echinocactus.

Its blossoms are of a rich crimson, and very much resemble in shape and color the well-known Cactus, cereus speciosissimus.

Grafted on to a cereus or Opuntia it is healthier than when on its own roots.

This species resembles some of the angular-stemmed kinds of cereus.

It is commonly known as the Opelet, and its scientific name is Anthea cereus.

It wouldn't seem like a year in our valley if we didn't see your cereus in bloom.

cereus speciosissimus and phyllanthus, reversion in hybrids of, i. 392.

Have you ever seen, in botanic gardens, the gigantic tapering plant the cereus giganteus?

Word Value for Cereus
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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