HyperDic: mesembryanthemum

English > 1 sense of the word Mesembryanthemum:
NOUNplantMesembryanthemum, genus MesembryanthemumSouth African annual or biennial plants having flowers that open only in bright sunlight
English > Mesembryanthemum: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningSouth African annual or biennial plants having flowers that open only in bright sunlight.
Synonymgenus Mesembryanthemum
Member ofAizoaceae, family Aizoaceae, Tetragoniaceae, family Tetragoniaceae, carpetweed familysucculent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America
Membersfig marigold, pebble plantAny of several South African plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum cultivated for showy pink or white flowers
Broadercaryophylloid dicot genusgenus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
Spanishgenus mesembryanthemum, mesembryanthemum
Catalangenus mesembryanthemum, mesembryanthemum, Mesembryanthemum

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