Cereus

Latin cereus (“waxen”)

Cereus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – certain columnar cactuses.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Sagartiidae – certain sea anemones.

• (cactus genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order; Cactaceae - family; Cactoideae - subfamily; Cereeae - tribe; Cereinae - subtribe
• (anemone genus): Animalia - kingdom, Cnidaria - phylum, Anthozoa - class, Hexacorallia - subclass, Actiniaria - order, Nyantheae - suborder, Thenaria - infraorder, Acontiaria - subinfraorder, Sagartiidae - family

• (cactus genus): Cactus subg. Cereus, Cactus subg. Ebneria, Cactus subg. Mirabella, Cactus subg. Oblongicarpi - subgenera. See Cereus (Cactaceae) on WikispeciesWikispecies for the very numerous species.
• (anemone genus): See Cereus (anemone) on WikipediaWikipedia for species.

• Cereus (cactus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cereus (anemone) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cereus (Cactaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cereus (Sagartiidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κηρεύς (Kēreús).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.re.us/, [ˈkeː.re.ʊs]

Cēreus m (genitive Cēreī); second declension

1. A small river of Euboea

Second declension.

• Euboea in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly