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‖ mesembryanthemum Bot.|mɛˌsɛmbrɪˈænθɪməm|
[mod.L., miswritten for *mesēmbrianthemum, ad. assumed Gr. type *µεσηµβριάνθεµον, f. µεσηµβρία noon + ἄνθεµον flower.
The name, rendered in Eng. as Midday-flower and in Ger. as Mittagsblume, refers to the fact that several species open their flowers only for a short time at mid-day.]
The typical genus of the family Mesembryaceæ; a plant of this genus, a fig-marigold.
[1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., Mesembryanthemum, in botany, the name by which Dillenius, Linnæus, and others, have called the plants usually named Ficoides.] 1825Greenhouse Comp. I. 105 Mesembryanthemums require it [sc. water] chiefly when they are in flower. 1884Mrs. C. Praed Zéro xxi, Grey walls were ablaze with mesembryanthemum. |