NOUN | plant | Mesembryanthemum, genus Mesembryanthemum | South African annual or biennial plants having flowers that open only in bright sunlight |
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Meaning | South African annual or biennial plants having flowers that open only in bright sunlight. | |
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Synonym | genus Mesembryanthemum | |
Member of | Aizoaceae, family Aizoaceae, Tetragoniaceae, family Tetragoniaceae, carpetweed family | succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America |
Members | fig marigold, pebble plant | Any of several South African plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum cultivated for showy pink or white flowers |
Broader | caryophylloid dicot genus | genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers |
Spanish | genus mesembryanthemum, mesembryanthemum | |
Catalan | genus mesembryanthemum, mesembryanthemum, Mesembryanthemum |
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