different between saguaro vs cereus
saguaro
English
Alternative forms
- sahuaro
Etymology
From Mexican Spanish, from a Taracahitic Uto-Aztecan language, probably Yaqui, Mayo or Opata.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /s??w??o?/
Noun
saguaro (plural saguaros)
- Carnegiea gigantea, a large cactus native to the Sonoran Desert and characterized by its "arms".
Derived terms
- saguaro boot
- saguaro cactus
- saguaro stack
Translations
References
Portuguese
Noun
saguaro m (plural saguaros)
- saguaro (a large species of cactus of the Sonoran Desert)
Spanish
Etymology
Of Uto-Aztecan origin, probably from Mayo, Opata, or Yaqui.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa??wa?o/, [sa???wa.?o]
Noun
saguaro m (plural saguaros)
- saguaro (a large species of cactus of the Sonoran Desert)
- Synonym: órgano
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cereus
English
Wikispecies
Etymology
From the genus name. Doublet of serge.
Noun
cereus (plural cereuses)
- 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
- of wax, waxen
- of the colour of wax
- of the properties of wax; soft, pliant
- (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
- 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
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