MESEMBRYANTHEMUM


Meaning of MESEMBRYANTHEMUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mə-ˌzem-brē-ˈan(t)-thə-məm ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Greek mesēmbria midday (from mes- + hēmera 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

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