Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Mesembryanthemum"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mesembryanthemum \Me*sem`bry*an"the*mum\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?
midday + ? flower.] (Bot.)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Mesembryanthemum
n : South African annual or biennial plants having flowers that
open only in bright sunlight [syn: {Mesembryanthemum}, {genus
Mesembryanthemum}]
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