Me-sĕm'brȳ-ăn'-the-măm, n.

noun

n. [Gr. μεσημβρία, midday, and ἀνθημα, a blossoming.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, mostly shrubby, found at the Cape of Good Hope. The leaves are opposite, thick, and fleshy. The flowers usually open about midday, whence the name.

A flowering marigold plant with a large open flower, a bud, and spreading leaves. — Fig Marigold (*Mesembryanthemum albidum*).