genus Mesembryanthemum

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1.genus Mesembryanthemum - South African annual or biennial plants having flowers that open only in bright sunlightMesembryanthemumcaryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowersAizoaceae, carpetweed family, family Aizoaceae, family Tetragoniaceae, Tetragoniaceae - succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigoldsfig marigold, pebble plant - any of several South African plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum cultivated for showy pink or white flowers