Definition of Hylocereus

1. Noun. Genus of climbing or epiphytic tropical American cacti with angular stems and mostly white very fragrant flowers.

Exact synonyms: Genus Hylocereus
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Cactaceae, Cactus Family, Family Cactaceae
Member holonyms: Night-blooming Cereus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hylocereus

Hygrophorus tennesseensis
Hygrophorus turundus
Hygroton
Hygrotrama
Hygrotrama foetens
Hyl
Hyla arenicolor
Hyla crucifer
Hyla regilla
Hylactophryne
Hylactophryne augusti
Hylidae
Hyllus
Hylobates lar
Hylobates syndactylus
Hylocereus
Hylocichla
Hylocichla fuscescens
Hylocichla guttata
Hylocichla mustelina
Hylophylax
Hylophylax naevioides
Hyman George Rickover
Hyman Rickover
Hymenaea
Hymenaea courbaril
Hymenanthera
Hymenogastrales
Hymenolepididae

Literary usage of Hylocereus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cactaceae: Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Nelson Rose (1920)
"Tip of joint of hylocereus guatema- lensis 262. Ovary of hylocereus costaricensis, transformed into a branch 263. Plant of hylocereus undatus 264. ..."

2. Manual of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits: Excluding the Banana, Coconut by Wilson Popenoe (1920)
"61) (hylocereus, Lemaireocereus, and Cereus) The fruits of many cacti are known in tropical America by the name pitaya, also spelled pitahaya, ..."

3. Cactaceœ of Northeastern and Central Mexico Together with a Synopsis of the by William Edwin Safford (1909)
"hylocereus includes the well-known Cereus triangularis and Cereus ... There is much confusion between the first two mentioned, but hylocereus trigonus (pi. ..."

4. Flora of Miami: Being Descriptions of the Seed-plants Growing Naturally on by John Kunkel Small (1913)
"hylocereus Britt. & Rose. Plants with climbing prominently 3-angled or 3-winged stems and branches, the areolae remote, with several short spines ..."

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