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HYLOCEREUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Genus of climbing or epiphytic tropical American cacti with angular stems and mostly white very fragrant flowers

Synonyms:

genus Hylocereus; Hylocereus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Hylocereus" is a kind of...):

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "Hylocereus"):

night-blooming cereus (any of several cacti of the genus Hylocereus)

Holonyms ("Hylocereus" is a member of...):

Cactaceae; cactus family; family Cactaceae (constituting the order Opuntiales)

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