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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 1.6 [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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