Definition of mesembryanthemum in English:

noun

• A succulent South African plant with brightly coloured daisy-like flowers.

  Mesembryanthemum and related genera, family Aizoaceae

  Example sentences

  • ‘Its semi-desert vegetation of grass, shrubs, karoobossies and mesembryanthemums covers the hills and vales, and epitomises the wild and free spirit of this land.’
  • ‘For ease of maintenance mesembryanthemums can't be beaten because they come in bright colours and require little water and develop into soft billows.’
  • ‘Out near the lighthouse at Cabo Sardão the cliffs were smothered in mesembryanthemum, sherbet-yellow flowers in tangles of fleshy leaves.’
  • ‘I have no idea what mesembryanthemums are, but I am going to find out.’
  • ‘Things like sea holly, sea cabbage and mesembryanthemums all need the sun to open their flowers…’
  • ‘‘When he examined it more closely he found it was not a daisy but a drosanthemum, which is a member of the mesembryanthemum family,’ Rabie said.’
  • ‘A lot of South African species survive in dryish conditions - Geraniums, mesembryanthemums, etc.’