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Mesembryanthemum
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Me-semˊbry-an′the-mum
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
μεσημβρία
midday + ἄνθοσ
flower.] (Bot.)
A genus of herbaceous or suffruticose plants, chiefly natives of South Africa. The leaves are opposite, thick, and fleshy. The flowers usually open about midday, whence the name.
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Mesembryanthemum
Mesembryanthemum
See also: mesembryanthemum
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Proper noun
Mesembryanthemum n
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order; Aizoaceae - family; Mesembryanthemoideae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum - type species; Mesembryanthemum crystallinum - selected species; for other species see
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mesembryanthemum
mesembryanthemum
See also: Mesembryanthemum
English
Noun
mesembryanthemum (plural mesembryanthemums)
- Any of the genus Mesembryanthemum of herbaceous or suffruticose plants.
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