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mesembryanthemums

mesembryanthemums is the plural of mesembryanthemum.

Meaning of mesembryanthemum

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...
    Synonyms:
    mesemb, mesem

Questions about mesembryanthemums

What is mesembryanthemums the plural of?
Mesembryanthemums is the plural of mesembryanthemum.

Words near mesembryanthemums in the dictionary

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

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