snake cactus

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Noun

snake cactus (plural snake cactuses or snake cacti)

  1. Any cactus of several species:
    1. Acanthocereus tetragonus (barbed-wire cactus).
    2. Bergerocactus emoryi (golden cereus, golden spine cereus).
    3. Cylindropuntia spinosior (cane cholla, spiny cholla).
    4. Morangaya pensilis (syn. Echinocereus pensilis).
    5. Nyctocereus serpentinus (Mexican night-bloom cereus, serpent cactus).
    6. Selenicereus spp. (midnight cactuses).

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