Cereus
pronunciation
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- Noun:
- genus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike spines and nocturnal flowers usually white
Word Origin
- Cereus (n.)
- cactus genus, 1730, from Latin cereus "waxen, waxy," from cera "wax" (see cere (n.)). So called from its shape, which suggests a candle.
Example
- 1. Buddha say : it was only a night-blooming cereus is used to fool the eyes of the secular .
- 2. Live bacillus cereus and streptococcus faecalis preparation .
- 3. Live bacillus cereus preparation ( sa38 strain )
- 4. Has been thought that only the most beautiful night-blooming cereus , instant provisional release , and then wither and , finally , forever .
- 5. Leaf cereus extract essence help reducing the happiness of skin itching , in the pleasant feelings leave magnificently lasting fragrance .