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mesembryanthemum

mesembryanthemum noun: any of the genus Mesembryanthemum of herbaceous or suffruticose plants.

mesembryanthemum: any of the genus Mesembryanthemum of herbaceous or suffruticose plants
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Noun

mesembryanthemum (plural mesembryanthemums)

  1. Any of the genus Mesembryanthemum of herbaceous or suffruticose plants.
    • The celebrated garden in which suicidal gamblers used to put an end to their troubles was overgrown with mesembryanthemum.1933 September, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “Europe in 1960”, in The Shape of Things to Come, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, 2nd book (The Days after Tomorrow: The...
    • They had come out on to the coast road now, and Cornwall was out-postering itself, as usual, with rocky headlands and sandy coves and fishing villages that spilled themselves down the cliff face like cascades of mesembryanthemum.1939, Jan Struther, “A Country House Visit”, in Mrs. Miniver
    Synonyms:
    mesemb, mesem

mesembryanthemum meaning in Tamil

mesembryanthemum in Tamil

பொன்வண்ண மலர்ச்செடி வகை

Synonyms of mesembryanthemum

Forms of mesembryanthemum

pluralmesembryanthemums

Origin of mesembryanthemum

From taxonomic name Mesembryanthemum.

Questions about mesembryanthemum

What does mesembryanthemum mean?
Mesembryanthemum means any of the genus Mesembryanthemum of herbaceous or suffruticose plants.
What is mesembryanthemum in Tamil?
Mesembryanthemum in Tamil is பொன்வண்ண மலர்ச்செடி வகை. See Mesembryanthemum meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mesembryanthemum?
Mesembryanthemum is a noun.
What is the plural of mesembryanthemum?
The plural of mesembryanthemum is mesembryanthemums.

Words near mesembryanthemum in the dictionary

  1. mesembrine
  2. mesembrinellid
  3. mesembrinellids
  4. mesembryanthemaceous
  5. mesembryanthemoidigenic acid
  6. mesembryanthemum
  7. mesembryanthemums
  8. mesembs
  9. mesems
  10. mesen
  11. mesencephal

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