CEREUS


Meaning of CEREUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsir-ē-əs ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Latin, wax candle, from cera wax — more at cerumen

Date: 1730

: any of various cacti (as of the genus Cereus ) of the western United States and tropical America

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