Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cereus

1 sense of cereus

Sense 1
Cereus, genus Cereus -- (genus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike spines and nocturnal flowers usually white)
       => caryophylloid dicot genus -- (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)