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Mesembryanthemum   Listen
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Mesembryanthemum  n.  (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.





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"Mesembryanthemum" Quotes from Famous Books



... at about 10,000 feet, a Tamerioid of large stature in abundance, Asphodelus, not as I thought a Mesembryanthemum, but a beautiful and very distinct species; see ...
— Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The - Neighbouring Countries • William Griffith


Words linked to "Mesembryanthemum" :   caryophylloid dicot genus, genus Mesembryanthemum, Aizoaceae, pebble plant, family Aizoaceae


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