Home › Words › C › cereuscereuscereus means any of the genus Cereus, either as currently or formerly defined, of plants of the cactus family, natives to the Americas, from California to Chile.EtymologyBorrowed from translingual Cereus. Doublet of serge.nounAny of the genus Cereus, either as currently or formerly defined, of plants of the cactus family, natives to the Americas, from California to Chile.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.cardon 65% match — Any of several large columnar cacti mostly of the genus Cereus. vs cereus →cerinthe 60% match — Any member of the genus Cerinthe of vascular plants in the family Boraginaceae. vs cereus →cestrum 60% match — Any of genus Cestrum vs cereus →cerastium 60% match — Any of several plants of the genus Cerastium. vs cereus →cedrous 59% match — Of, or relating to, trees in the genus Cedrus of the plant family Pinaceae. vs cereus →cineraria 59% match — Any of the genus Cineraria of flowering plants in the sunflower family. vs cereus →rebutia 59% match — Any plant of the cactus genus Rebutia, the crown cactus. vs cereus →pitaya 58% match — Certain cactuses native to the Americas, of genera Selenicereus or Stenocereus, especially the latter. vs cereus →