genus acanthocereus

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   mostly trailing cacti having nocturnal white flowers; tropical America and Caribbean region

   SynonymsAcanthocereus

   Broadercaryophylloid dicot genus

   Part ofCactaceae

Questions about genus acanthocereus

What does genus acanthocereus mean?

genus acanthocereus means "mostly trailing cacti having nocturnal white flowers; tropical America and Caribbean region".

What is another word for genus acanthocereus?

Close synonyms include Acanthocereus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus acanthocereus a common word?

genus acanthocereus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.