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Mesembryanthemum

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A large genus of dicotyledonous polypetalous plants of the natural order Ficoideæ, the figmarigold family, type of the tribe Mesembryanthemeæ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (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.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun South African annual or biennial plants having flowers that open only in bright sunlight

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