Associations to the word «Acanthocereus»

Wiktionary

ACANTHOCEREUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae   — tropical cacti with nocturnal flowers and three angled stems.

Dictionary definition

ACANTHOCEREUS, noun. Mostly trailing cacti having nocturnal white flowers; tropical America and Caribbean region.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope