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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: South African annual or biennial plants having flowers that open only in bright sunlight [syn: Mesembryanthemum, genus Mesembryanthemum]
Merriam Webster's
noun Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Greek mes?mbria midday (from mes- + h?mera day) + anthemon flower, from anthos — more at anthology Date: 1753 any of a genus (Mesembryanthemum) of chiefly southern African fleshy-leaved herbs or subshrubs of the carpetweed family
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. any of various succulent plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum of S. Africa, having daisy-like flowers in a wide range of bright colours that fully open in sunlight. Etymology: mod.L f. Gk mesembria noon + anthemon flower
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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.
