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Definition of Mesembryanthemum
1. Noun. South African annual or biennial plants having flowers that open only in bright sunlight.
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aizoaceae, Carpetweed Family, Family Aizoaceae, Family Tetragoniaceae, Tetragoniaceae
Member holonyms: Fig Marigold, Pebble Plant
Definition of Mesembryanthemum
1. n. A genus of herbaceous or suffruticose plants, chiefly natives of South Africa. The leaves are opposite, thick, and f&?;eshy. The flowers usually open about midday, whence the name.
Definition of Mesembryanthemum
1. Noun. Any of the genus ''Mesembryanthemum'' of herbaceous or suffruticose plants. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Mesembryanthemum
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mesembryanthemum
Literary usage of Mesembryanthemum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hydration and Growth by Daniel Trembly MacDougal (1920)
"Acidity of juice of leaves of mesembryanthemum in cubic centimeters of N/100 KOH.
Measurements of the varying diameter of young and of mature leaves ..."
2. 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 ..."
3. 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 ..."
4. A Flora of Western Middle California by Willis Linn Jepson (1901)
"mesembryanthemum L. Fio MARIGOLD. the latter opposite, without stipules.
Flowers axillary and terminal. Ours glabrous perennial herb. ..."
5. The Flower Garden: Or, Breck's Book of Flowers; in which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1856)
"mesembryanthemum. Ice Plant. "With pellucid studs the Ice-flower gems His rimy
foliage, and his candied stems. ..."
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