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Meanings of Mesembryanthemum crystallinum in inglés

Old World annual widely naturalized in warm regions having white flowers and fleshy foliage covered with hairs that resemble ice.

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        Examples for "ice plant"
        Examples for "ice plant"
        1
        An ice plant of this sort will cost from fifteen to twenty dollars.
        Three Acres and Liberty
        2
        Past the deserted ice plant with its rotting wooden skids on the fallen loading porch.
        Rabbit, run
        3
        I promised to go down to the ice plant.
        East of eden
        4
        If he could get into the old ice plant.
        Rabbit, run
        5
        Then I asked her, "And where is the ice plant?"
        The Life of Me: An Autobiography
        Usage of Mesembryanthemum crystallinum in inglés
        1
        Salinity can induce Mesembryanthemum crystallinum to shift its photosynthesis from C 3 to crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), leading to enhanced plant water use efficiency.
        Pubmed