CEREUS
\sˈɛɹɪəs], \sˈɛɹɪəs], \s_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ__ə_s]\
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genus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike spines and nocturnal flowers usually white
By Princeton University
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genus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike spines and nocturnal flowers usually white
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[Latin] A genus of plants belonging to the Cactaceae. C. grandiflorus (Night-blooming c., Cactus grandiflorus) increases the force of the heart and raises the blood-pressure; used in cardiac disease, sexual exhaustion, and adynamic fevers.
By Alexander Duane
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).