MESEMBRYANTHEMUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mesembryanthemum mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MESEMBRYANTHEMUM (noun)

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Mesembryanthemum"):

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

Holonyms ("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)