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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 me·sem·bry·an·the·mum /məˌzɛmbriˈæn(t)θəməm/

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Me·sem·bry·an·the·mum n.  Bot. A genus of herbaceous or suffruticose plants, chiefly natives of South Africa.  The leaves are opposite, thick, and fleshy.  The flowers usually open about midday, whence the name.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Mesembryanthemum
      n : South African annual or biennial plants having flowers that
          open only in bright sunlight [syn: genus
           Mesembryanthemum]