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GENUS MESEMBRYANTHEMUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Mesembryanthemum mean? 

GENUS MESEMBRYANTHEMUM (noun)
  The noun GENUS MESEMBRYANTHEMUM has 1 sense:

1. South African annual or biennial plants having flowers that open only in bright sunlightplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS MESEMBRYANTHEMUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS MESEMBRYANTHEMUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Mesembryanthemum; Mesembryanthemum

Hypernyms ("genus Mesembryanthemum" is a kind of...):

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "genus Mesembryanthemum"):

fig marigold; pebble plant (any of several South African plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum cultivated for showy pink or white flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Mesembryanthemum" is a member of...):

Aizoaceae; carpetweed family; family Aizoaceae; family Tetragoniaceae; Tetragoniaceae (succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds)


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