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): Eukaryota – superkingdom; 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 Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkeː.rɛu̯s]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.reu̯s]

Cēreus m sg (genitive Cēreī); second declension

1. A small river of Euboea

Second-declension noun, singular only.

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