cereus

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cereus

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Borrowed from translingual Cereus. Doublet of serge.

noun cereuses

Any of the genus Cereus, either as currently or formerly defined, of plants of the cactus family, natives to the Americas, from California to Chile.

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noun cactus

Español	gigantón, aguacolla
中文	仙人柱 xiānrénzhù, 天輪柱 /天轮柱 tiānlúnzhù, 六角柱 liùjiǎozhù
Français	cierge
Русский	цереус cereus
العربية	شَمْعِيَّة šamʕiyya, شَمَعِيَّة šamaʕiyya

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"cereus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cereus. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"cereus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cereus.

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@misc{cereus_2026,
  title = {cereus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cereus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}