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| Cereous | a. [ L. cereus, fr. cera was. ] Waxen; like wax. [ Obs. ] Gayton. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Cereus | ‖n. [ L., a wax candle, fr. cera wax. So named from the resemblance of one species to the columnar shape of a wax candle. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Cactus family. They are natives of America, from California to Chili. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ Although several species flower in the night, the name Night-blooming cereus is specially applied to the Cereus grandiflorus, which is cultivated for its beautiful, shortlived flowers. The Cereus giganteus, whose columnar trunk is sometimes sixty feet in height, is a striking feature of the scenery of New Mexico, Texas, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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| | cereus | (เซอ'เรซ) n. พระแม่เกษตรกรรม |
| | ตะบองเพชร | (n) cactus, See also: Cereus hexagonus, Syn. กระบองเพชร, ต้นตะบองเพชร, Example: ตะบองเพชรขึ้นอยู่ตามทะเลทราย, Thai Definition: ชื่อไม้พุ่มในวงศ์ Cactaceae ลำต้นสูง 3 - 5 เมตร ลำต้นและกิ่งกลม หยักเป็นร่องโดยรอบ มีหนามละเอียด ดอกใหญ่ สีขาว กลิ่นหอม บานกลางคืน มักปลูกเป็นรั้วบ้าน | | กระบองเพชร | (n) cactus, See also: Cereus hexagonus Mill., Syn. ตะบองเพชร, Example: ในสวนมีต้นมะลิออกดอกสีขาวโพลนเลยทีเดียว ถัดไปอีกหน่อยก็คือกระบองเพชรหนามเข็มดอกของมันเป็นสีเหลือง, Count Unit: ต้น |
| | cereus | (n) genus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike spines and nocturnal flowers usually white, Syn. genus Cereus |
| | Cereus | ‖n. [ L., a wax candle, fr. cera wax. So named from the resemblance of one species to the columnar shape of a wax candle. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Cactus family. They are natives of America, from California to Chili. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ Although several species flower in the night, the name Night-blooming cereus is specially applied to the Cereus grandiflorus, which is cultivated for its beautiful, shortlived flowers. The Cereus giganteus, whose columnar trunk is sometimes sixty feet in height, is a striking feature of the scenery of New Mexico, Texas, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | 月下美人 | [げっかびじん, gekkabijin] (n) Dutchman's pipe cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum); night-blooming cereus; queen of the night [Add to Longdo] |
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