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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 sunlight
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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