mesemn.

Brit.

/mᵻˈzɛm/, U.S.

/məˈzɛm/, South African English

/məˈzem/

Forms: 1900s– mesem, 1900s– mesemb. Also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: Mesembryanthemum n.

Etymology: Shortened < Mesembryanthemum n.

colloquial (chiefly South African).

Any of several succulent flowering plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum or related genera. Cf. vygie n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Mesembriaccae (fig-marigold and allies) > [noun]

fig-marigold1731

ficoid1736

ficoides1753

Mesembryanthemum1824

fir-marigold1834

ficoidal1846

noon-flower1856

fox-chop1866

mesem1928

vygie1931

1928 H. M. L. Bolus Notes on Mesembrianthemum I. 7 By far the larger number..are at the height of their glory when the sun is hottest. They are what might be called the ‘normal mesembs’.

1934 C. P. Swart Suppl. C. Pettman's Gloss. S. Afr. Colloq. Words (M. A. thesis, Univ. of S. Afr.) 184 Vingerkanna.., the common name of Hymenocyclus Smithii, a species of mesem.

1979 Daily Dispatch (East London, S. Afr.) 25 Oct. 19 A blaze of many-coloured lampranthus and related plants of the ‘mesem’ or vygie family.

1998 Koedoe 41 74/2 Plant species in Species Group Q are common to almost the entire park, except for the dense mesemb stands described in community 5.3.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mesem
释义	mesemn. Brit. /mᵻˈzɛm/, U.S. /məˈzɛm/, South African English /məˈzem/ Forms: 1900s– mesem, 1900s– mesemb. Also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: Mesembryanthemum n. Etymology: Shortened < Mesembryanthemum n. colloquial (chiefly South African). Any of several succulent flowering plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum or related genera. Cf. vygie n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Mesembriaccae (fig-marigold and allies) > [noun] fig-marigold1731 ficoid1736 ficoides1753 Mesembryanthemum1824 fir-marigold1834 ficoidal1846 noon-flower1856 fox-chop1866 mesem1928 vygie1931 1928 H. M. L. Bolus Notes on Mesembrianthemum I. 7 By far the larger number..are at the height of their glory when the sun is hottest. They are what might be called the ‘normal mesembs’. 1934 C. P. Swart Suppl. C. Pettman's Gloss. S. Afr. Colloq. Words (M. A. thesis, Univ. of S. Afr.) 184 Vingerkanna.., the common name of Hymenocyclus Smithii, a species of mesem. 1979 Daily Dispatch (East London, S. Afr.) 25 Oct. 19 A blaze of many-coloured lampranthus and related plants of the ‘mesem’ or vygie family. 1998 Koedoe 41 74/2 Plant species in Species Group Q are common to almost the entire park, except for the dense mesemb stands described in community 5.3. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1928
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