different between cereus vs moonflower

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From the genus name. Doublet of serge.

Noun

cereus (plural cereuses)

1. Any of the genus Cereus of plants of the cactus family, natives to the Americas, from California to Chile.

Anagrams

• Creuse, Rescue, ceruse, cursee, recuse, rescue, secuer, secure

Latin

Etymology 1

From c?ra (“wax”).

Adjective

c?reus (feminine c?rea, neuter c?reum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of wax, waxen
2. of the colour of wax
3. of the properties of wax; soft, pliant
4. (figuratively) easily moved, swayed or persuaded

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

• c?reolus

Descendants

Etymology 2

Substantive from c?reus f?nis (“waxen cord”).

Noun

c?reus m (genitive c?re?); second declension

1. a wax taper or light, particularly those that were brought by clients to their patrons as presents at the time of the Saturnalia

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

See also

References

• cereus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cereus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cereus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cereus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• cereus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

English

Etymology

From moon +? flower.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mu?nfla??/

Noun

moonflower (plural moonflowers)

1. Any of several plants that flower at night:
   1. (obsolete) The ox-eye daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare [18th-19th c.]
   2. The corn marigold, Glebionis segetum.
   3. Any of several vines of the genus Ipomoea, especially Ipomoea alba. [from 19th c.]
      • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 46:

        Hôtel Saint-George […] through whose exotic gardens of giant contorted euphorbia and sweet-smelling moonflowers Churchill and the titans of the Second World War strolled, laying plans for a world in which Anglo-Saxon predominance seemed assured in perpetuity.

   4. Species in genus Cereus and in Hylocereus.
   5. Species of Datura, including Datura inoxia.
   6. Species of Mentzelia, including Mentzelia pumila.

See also

• morning glory
• sunflower

Anagrams

• floorwomen