Found 2 hits - Term: mesembryanthemum, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mesembryanthemum \mesem`bryan"themum\, 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.
1913 webster
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
mesembryanthemum
n : south african annual or biennial plants having flowers that
open only in bright sunlight syn: genus
mesembryanthemum
see also:
genus mesembryanthemum
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