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South African annual or biennial plants having flowers that open only in bright sunlight
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mesembryanthemum
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Mesembryanthemum (meaning "midday flowering") is a genus of flowering plants indigenous to southern Africa. Many species formerly placed herein, such as Dorotheanthus bellidiformis , Carpobrotus and Sceletium have since been moved into other genera. Fig ...
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n. Any of the genus (taxlink Mesembryanthemum genus noshow=1) of herbaceous or suffruticose plants.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mesembryanthemum \Me*sem`bry*an"the*mum\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. meshmbri`a midday + 'a`nqos 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 ...
Usage examples of mesembryanthemum.
The numerous families of the pellitories, the chamomiles, the mesembryanthemums, pushed their varied and abundant tufts through the loop-holes in the walls, cracked and fissured in spite of their thickness.
It was taller, straighter, and did not farm clumps nearly as thick as the familiar Mesembryanthemum crystallinum.