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Meaning of mesembryanthemum | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Any of the genus Mesembryanthemum of herbaceous or suffruticose plants.

Equivalents

Afrikaans vygie
العربية غاسول
עברית אהל

Examples

“The celebrated garden in which suicidal gamblers used to put an end to their troubles was overgrown with mesembryanthemum.”
“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.”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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