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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.
[1913 Webster] |
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] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
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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