Cereus

cereus Translingual thumb|Cereus hildmannianus, a representative of the cactus genus thumb|Cereus pedunculatus, a representative of the anemone genus Etymology Borrowed from mul la cereus waxen. Proper noun 1 m mul botany genus family Cactaceae the cereuses; certain columnar cactuses mul zoology genus family Sagartiidae family certain sea anemones Hypernyms cactus genus ; Cactoideae subfamily subfamily; Cereeae tribe tribe; Cereinae subtribe subtribe anemone genus ; Anthozoa class; Hexacorallia subclass subclass; Actiniaria order order; Nyantheae suborder suborder; Thenaria infraorder infraorder; Acontiaria subinfraorder subinfraorder; Sagartiidae family family Hyponyms cactus genus Cactus subg. Cereus subgenus, Cactus subg. Ebneria subgenus, Cactus subg. Mirabella subgenus, Cactus subg. Oblongicarpi subgenus subgenera. See Cereus (Cactaceae) Cereus (Cactaceae) 1 for the very numerous species. anemone genus See Cereus (anemone) Cereus (anemone) 1 for species. Derived terms mul Acanthocereus genus Armatocereus genus Arthrocereus genus Brachycereus genus Brasilicereus genus Cephalocereus genus Cereeae tribe Chamaecereus genus Cipocereus genus Cleipaticereus genus Corryocactus genus Echinocereus genus Haageocereus genus Hylocereus genus (syn. of Selenicereus genus) Isolatocereus genus Jasminocereus genus Lasiocereus genus Lemaireocereus genus Leocereus genus Leptocereus genus Lophocereus genus Marshallocereus genus Micranthocereus genus Nyctocereus genus Oreocereus genus Pachycereus genus Peniocereus genus Pilosocereus genus Praecereus genus Pterocereus genus Pygmaeocereus genus Rauhocereus genus Samaipaticereus genus Selenicereus genus Stenocereus genus Stephanocereus genus Trichocereus genus Weberobauercereus genus Weberocereus genus Yungasocereus genus Descendants ar شَمْعِيَّة شَمَعِيَّة 1 be цэ́рэус 1 en cereus 1 fr cierge 1 ka ცერეუსი 1 it cereo 1 ru цереус 1 uk цере́ус 1 References Cereus (genus) Cereus (cactus) Cereus (anemone) Cereus (anemone) Cereus (Cactaceae) Cereus (Cactaceae) Cereus (Sagartiidae) Cereus (Sagartiidae) mul Cacti Sea anemones Latin Etymology la Cēreus :bor grc:Κηρεύς + 1 Pronunciation Cēre_us Proper noun Cēreus<2> A small river of Euboea Declension Cēreus<2> References Euboea la Greece Rivers