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night-blooming cereus |
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night-blooming cereus: see cactus cactus, any plant of the family Cactaceae, a large group of succulents found almost entirely in the New World. A cactus plant is conspicuous for its fleshy green stem, which performs the functions of leaves (commonly insignificant or absent), and for the spines (not ..... Click the link for more information. . night-blooming cereus symbol of fading loveliness; blooms briefly. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 176] See : Brevity |
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Manhattan, the night-blooming cereus, was beginning to unfold its dead-white, heavy-odoured petals. |
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night-blooming cereus
