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Mesembryanthemum
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.
Mesembryanthemum crystallinumIce plant Ice" plant` (Bot.)
A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with
pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is
native along the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South
Africa. Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic; its
ashes are used in Spain in making glass.
Meaning of Mesemb from wikipedia
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rocks or pebbles, and are
sometimes referred to as 'living stones' or '
mesembs' (short for mesembryanthemums). The
family Aizoaceae is
widely recognised...
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flowering plant in the ice
plant family known by the
common names 'coppery
mesemb' and 'red ice plant'. It is
native to
Southern Africa but is
grown in many...
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plants are also
known as
kwaggavy ("Quagga
mesemb"),
lewerplant ("liver plant"),
lewervygie ("liver
mesemb"),
klipplant ("stone plant"),
split rock or...
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Acrodon bellidiflorus, the
common tiptoothfig, is a
mesemb species from
South Africa.
Acrodon bellidiflorus is a
compact succulent perennial plant. It...
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Gibbaeum album, also
known as shark's
mouth mesemb, is a
small species of
succulent in the
family Aizoaceae. It is
endemic to the
Western Cape province...
- like grapes. The
vernacular name
druiwetrosvygie means 'bunch of
grapes mesemb'.
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Jensenobotrya lossowiana. Loots...
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obligate outcrossers and
require pollination from a
separate plant. Like most
mesembs,
Lithops fruit is a dry
capsule that
opens when it
becomes wet; some seeds...
- for
their rocklike appearance. They are
sometimes collectively called mesembs. In
temperate regions it is
grown under gl**** for
protection from excessive...
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Acrodon deminutus, also
known as the
Malgas tiptoothfig, is a
species of
mesemb from
South Africa. This
spreading succulent grows up to 10 cm (3.9 in) tall...
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Acrodon caespitosus, the
Potberg tiptoothfig, is a
species of
mesemb from
South Africa. This
succulent plant forms big and low cushion-shaped shrubs. It...
