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Yes. The word cereus is a Scrabble US word. The word cereus is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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6-letter words (6 found)

CEREUS,CERUSE,CESURE,RECUSE,RESCUE,SECURE,

5-letter words (10 found)

CERES,CREES,CRUES,CRUSE,CURES,CURSE,ECRUS,REUSE,SCREE,SUCRE,

4-letter words (23 found)

CEES,CERE,CREE,CRUE,CRUS,CUES,CURE,CURS,ECRU,ECUS,ERES,RECS,REES,RUCS,RUES,RUSE,SCUR,SEER,SERE,SUER,SURE,URES,USER,

3-letter words (19 found)

CEE,CRU,CUE,CUR,ECU,ERE,ERS,REC,REE,RES,RUC,RUE,SEC,SEE,SER,SUE,SUR,URE,USE,

2-letter words (6 found)

EE,ER,ES,RE,UR,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 65 words from cereus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cereus

cereus

Etymology

From the genus name. Doublet of serge.

Noun

cereus (plural cereuses)

  1. Any of the genus Cereus of plants of the cactus family, natives to the Americas, from California to Chile.

References

  • Cereus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Cereus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Cereus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

  • Creuse, Rescue, ceruse, cursee, recuse, rescue, secuer, secure


Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkeː.re.us/, [ˈkeːreʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.re.us/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːreus]

Etymology 1

From cēra (“wax”).

Adjective

cēreus (feminine cērea, neuter cēreum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of wax, waxen
  2. of the colour of wax
  3. of the properties of wax; soft, pliant
  4. (figuratively) easily moved, swayed or persuaded
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms
  • cēreolus
Descendants

Etymology 2

Substantive from cēreus fūnis (“waxen cord”).

Noun

cēreus m (genitive cēreī); second declension

  1. a wax taper or light, particularly those that were brought by clients to their patrons as presents at the time of the Saturnalia
Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

See also

References

  • “cereus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cereus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cereus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • cereus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “cereus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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