Cereusn.
/ˈsɪəriːəs/ Botany.
A large genus of cactuses, natives of tropical America, remarkable for their singularity of form and the beauty of their flowers; the Torch-thistle.
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1731 T. Stack in Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 462 This Cereus..exposed in open air all Summer, grew without pushing forth Branches.
1767 J. Abercrombie Every Man his Own Gardener 234 All the other kinds of cereuses.
1844 M. F. Tupper Heart iv. 38 Lustrous to look upon, even as the night-blowing Cereus.
1872 C. Reade Put Yourself in his Place II. xi. 173.
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