Translingual

Acanthocereus

Proper noun

Acanthocereus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – tropical cacti with nocturnal flowers and three angled stems.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order; Cactaceae - family; Cactoideae - subfamily; Pachycereeae - tribe ( or Phyllocacteae - tribe; Echinocereinae - subtribe)

Hyponyms

• (genus): Acanthocereus baxaniensis - type species; Acanthocereus horridus, Acanthocereus occidentalis, Acanthocereus subinermis, Acanthocereus tetragonus - other species

References

1. ↑ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5)