mesembryanthemum
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of mesembryanthemum
< New Latin (Linnaeus), irregular < Greek mesēmbrí ( a ) midday + ánthemon flower
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"Chewing mesembryanthemum" was one of Trafford's favourite images,—no doubt the reader knows that abundant fleshy Mediterranean weed and the weakly unpleasant wateriness of its substance.
From Marriage by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Flowering kinds are: Sweet alyssum, lobelia, Fuchsia procumbens, mesembryanthemum, Oxalis pendula, 0. floribunda and others, Russelia juncea, Mahernia odorata or honey-bell.
From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)
Our sheep nibbled at the mesembryanthemum, and the cattle ate greedily of various bushes whereof the leaf was sensibly salt to the taste.
From Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia by Mitchell, Thomas
In Delile's Flora Ægyptiaca, the name of ghásool is given to the mesembryanthemum nodiflorum, class icosandria, order pentagynia.
From The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Anonymous
On the water side of the rotunda, a novel effect of inclusion is obtained by semi-circular walls of growing mesembryanthemum.
From The Jewel City by Macomber, Ben
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