Cereus

See also: cereus

Translingual

Cereus hildmannianus, a representative of the cactus genus

Cereus pedunculatus, a representative of the anemone genus

Etymology

Latin cereus (“waxen”)

Proper noun

Cereus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – certain columnar cactuses.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Sagartiidae – certain sea anemones.

Hypernyms

• (cactus genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots – clades; Caryophyllales – order; Cactaceae - family; Cactoideae - subfamily; Cereeae - tribe; Cereinae - subtribe
• (anemone genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Cnidaria – phylum; Anthozoa - class; Hexacorallia - subclass; Actiniaria - order; Nyantheae - suborder; Thenaria - infraorder; Acontiaria - subinfraorder; Sagartiidae - family

Hyponyms

• (cactus genus): Cactus subg. Cereus, Cactus subg. Ebneria, Cactus subg. Mirabella, Cactus subg. Oblongicarpi - subgenera. See Cereus (Cactaceae) on WikispeciesWikispecies for the very numerous species.
• (anemone genus): See Cereus (anemone) on WikipediaWikipedia for species.

Derived terms

• Acanthocereus
• Armatocereus
• Arthrocereus
• Brachycereus
• Brasilicereus
• Cephalocereus
• Cereeae
• Chamaecereus
• Cipocereus
• Cleipaticereus
• Corryocactus
• Echinocereus
• Haageocereus
• Hylocereus (syn. of Selenicereus)
• Isolatocereus
• Jasminocereus
• Lasiocereus
• Lemaireocereus
• Leocereus
• Leptocereus
• Lophocereus
• Marshallocereus
• Micranthocereus
• Nyctocereus
• Oreocereus
• Pachycereus
• Peniocereus
• Pilosocereus
• Praecereus
• Pterocereus
• Pygmaeocereus
• Rauhocereus
• Samaipaticereus
• Selenicereus
• Stenocereus
• Stephanocereus
• Trichocereus
• Weberobauercereus
• Weberocereus
• Yungasocereus

References

• Cereus (cactus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cereus (anemone) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cereus (Cactaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cereus (Sagartiidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κηρεύς (Kēreús).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.re.us/, [ˈkeːreʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.re.us/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːreus]

Proper noun

Cēreus m sg (genitive Cēreī); second declension

1. A small river of Euboea

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cēreus
Genitive	Cēreī
Dative	Cēreō
Accusative	Cēreum
Ablative	Cēreō
Vocative	Cēree

References

• “Euboea”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly