cereus

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun genus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike spines and nocturnal flowers usually white

Borrowed from translingual Cereus. Doublet of serge.

But the desert's chief exhibit is the giant saguaro, the Cereus giganteus, from which the reservation got its name. — The Book of the National Parks, Robert Sterling Yard
A little farther on, the prickly pears were succeeded by another species called the Cierge (the Cactus cereus of savants). — Adventures of a Young Naturalist, Lucien Biart
One day, during her pilgrimage in quest of the entrance to Pluto's kingdom, she came to the palace of King Cereus, who reigned at Eleusis. — Tanglewood Tales, Nathaniel Hawthorne

genus Cereus

Type a word, a sentence, a book title, or a link to an English article. WordNet and the Classics answer.

Try

A library of classics · a vault of words · instant etymology & meaning