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Mesembryanthemum
(gcide) | 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 about midday, whence the name.
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mesembryanthemum
(wn) | Mesembryanthemum
n 1: South African annual or biennial plants having flowers that
open only in bright sunlight [syn: Mesembryanthemum,
genus Mesembryanthemum] |
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Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
(gcide) | Ice plant \Ice" plant`\ (Bot.)
A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with
pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is
native along the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South
Africa. Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic; its
ashes are used in Spain in making glass.
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genus mesembryanthemum
(wn) | genus Mesembryanthemum
n 1: South African annual or biennial plants having flowers that
open only in bright sunlight [syn: Mesembryanthemum,
genus Mesembryanthemum] |
mesembryanthemum
(wn) | Mesembryanthemum
n 1: South African annual or biennial plants having flowers that
open only in bright sunlight [syn: Mesembryanthemum,
genus Mesembryanthemum] |
mesembryanthemum crystallinum
(wn) | Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
n 1: Old World annual widely naturalized in warm regions having
white flowers and fleshy foliage covered with hairs that
resemble ice [syn: ice plant, icicle plant,
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum] |
mesembryanthemum edule
(wn) | Mesembryanthemum edule
n 1: low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular
fruit containing edible pulp [syn: Hottentot fig,
Hottentot's fig, sour fig, Carpobrotus edulis,
Mesembryanthemum edule] |
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