Definitionn. genus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike spines and nocturnal flowers usually white
Last update: August 18, 2015
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The western dry areas have the old-world leguminous Astragalus and Prosopis (Mesquit), but are especially characterized by the northward extension of the new-world tropical Cactaceae, Mgmmillaria, Cereus and Opuntia, by succulent Amar llideae such as A gave (of which the so-called American aloe is a type), and by arborescent Liliaceae (Yucca). [Please select]
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CHAPTER VII THE NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS _An Evening in the Life of Mrs. [Please select]
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We'll all go down the road to the Powers house and see the cereus in bloom.' [Please select]
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The most splendid of all the flowers of darkness is the cereus, the blossoms of which begin to open at seven or eight o'clock in the evening, and are fully out when midnight comes.' [Please select]
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