Definition of Mesembryanthemum crystallinum

1. Noun. Old World annual widely naturalized in warm regions having white flowers and fleshy foliage covered with hairs that resemble ice.

Exact synonyms: Ice Plant, Icicle Plant
Generic synonyms: Fig Marigold, Pebble Plant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mesembryanthemum Crystallinum

Merya
Meryam Mir
Meryl
Meryl Streep
Meryta
Meryta sinclairii
Merzbacher
Merzbacher-Pelizaeus disease
Merzifon
Mesa
Mesa Verde National Park
Mesabi Range
Mesantoin
Mesasamkranti
Mescalero
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
Mesembryanthemum edule
Mesgegra
Meshach
Meshed
Mesicke
Meskwaki
Meskwakis
Mesmer
Mesoamerica
Mesoamerican
Mesoamerican pyramid
Mesoamerican pyramids
Mesoarchean
Mesocricetus auratus

Literary usage of Mesembryanthemum crystallinum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1886)
"(3) On the Structure of the Ice Plant (mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.). ... mesembryanthemum crystallinum, known as the Ice Plant, has obtained its name ..."

2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1850)
"... fresh specimens of the curious Ice-plant (mesembryanthemum crystallinum}, a plant which is remarkable on account of the gland-like vesicular eminences ..."

3. Transactions of the Botanical Society by Botanical Society of Edinburgh (1850)
"V. On the Watery Secretion of the Leaves and Stems of the Ice-plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, L.). By Dr. AUGUSTUS VOELCKER, Prof. of Chemistry Royal ..."

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