Etymology

cereus

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Today it 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. Full definition →

translingual Cereus
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  1. translingual · borrowed fromCereus
  2. English todaycereus

Borrowed from translingual Cereus. Doublet of serge.

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