Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large genus of cactaceous plants, of the tropical and warm regions of America, including 200 species, 30 of which are found in the United States.
- noun [lowercase] Any plant of the genus Cereus.
- noun In zoology, a genus of sea-anemones, of the family Actiniidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Cactus family. They are natives of America, from California to Chili.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun genus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike spines and nocturnal flowers usually white
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Examples
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There are a number of night-flowering species and varieties, but the one especially known as the Night-blooming Cereus is _Cereus grandiflorus_, which, when in full bloom, presents a rare sight.
Your Plants Plain and Practical Directions for the Treatment of Tender and Hardy Plants in the House and in the Garden James Sheehan
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It is well adapted for grafting on to the stem of some kind of Cereus, and in this way may be made to look very singular, as was shown in Mr. Peacock's collection of succulents some years ago, when a fine specimen, over 1 ft. across, was successfully grafted on to three stems of C. tortuosus, and had much the appearance of a melon elevated on a short tripod.
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Archie Coleman, who filled his quarters with Turkish antiques and tended to be a braggart, was put in charge of overseeing another chain of agents code-named “Cereus,” after a night-blooming cactus in the American West.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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Cereus would soon infiltrate agents into Romania and Bulgaria “to stimulate widespread sabotage” and spark a “revolution.”
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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Cereus would soon infiltrate agents into Romania and Bulgaria “to stimulate widespread sabotage” and spark a “revolution.”
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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Cereus operated out of a front business called Western Electrik Kompani.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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Archie Coleman, who filled his quarters with Turkish antiques and tended to be a braggart, was put in charge of overseeing another chain of agents code-named “Cereus,” after a night-blooming cactus in the American West.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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The agent who managed the Cereus network for Coleman was Dogwood, a Czech engineer the British spy service turned over to Macfarland in July who had lived in Istanbul for a long time and who claimed his real name was Alfred Schwarz—although the OSS always thought it was an alias.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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Cereus operated out of a front business called Western Electrik Kompani.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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Seven months after arriving in Istanbul, Macfarland sent a secret memo to OSS headquarters predicting spectacular results with Cereus.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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