Meaning

4 senses

  1. Any of various cacti with night-blooming flowers:

    Moonlight cacti (Selenicereus (syn. Hylocereus) spp.)), esp.

    any of several cacti of the genus Hylocereus

  2. Moonlight cacti (Selenicereus (syn. Hylocereus) spp.)), esp.

    Selenicereus grandiflorus

  3. Any of various cacti with night-blooming flowers:

    Gregg's nightblooming cereus (Peniocereus greggii)

  4. Dutchman's pipe (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)

Forms

plural: night-blooming cereuses

Synonyms

2 synonyms
midnight cactusqueen of the night

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
nighC2nightA1nightcapnightclubB2

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