(n)category used in some classification systems for mosses having the spore case separated from the capsule wall by a hollow intercellular space, Syn.order Bryales

bryan

(n)United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925), Syn.Boy Orator of the Platte, William Jennings Bryan, Great Commoner

bryan

(n)a town of east central Texas

bryanthus

(n)procumbent Old World mat-forming evergreen shrub with racemes of pinkish-white flowers

eubryales

(n)mosses with perennial erect gametophores and stems with rows of leaves and drooping capsules, Syn.order Eubryales

genus bryanthus

(n)a genus allied to and once included in genus Phyllodoce

mesembryanthemum

(n)South African annual or biennial plants having flowers that open only in bright sunlight, Syn.genus Mesembryanthemum

brummell

(n)English dandy who was a fashion leader during the Regency (1778-1840), Syn.George Bryan Brummell, Beau Brummell

donkin

(n)English engineer who developed a method of preserving food by sterilizing it with heat and sealing it inside a steel container--the first tin can (1768-1855), Syn.Bryan Donkin

ford

(n)son of Henry Ford (1893-1943), Syn.Edsel Bryant Ford

granadilla tree

(n)West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony, Syn.granadillo, Brya ebenus

hottentot fig

(n)low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp, Syn.Carpobrotus edulis, sour fig, Mesembryanthemum edule, Hottentot's fig

ice plant

(n)Old World annual widely naturalized in warm regions having white flowers and fleshy foliage covered with hairs that resemble ice, Syn.icicle plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum

mountain heath

(n)small shrub with tiny evergreen leaves and pink or purple flowers; Alpine summits and high ground in Asia and Europe and United States, Syn.Bryanthus taxifolius, Phyllodoce caerulea

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Eubryales

n. an order of mosses with perennial erect gametophores and stems with rows of leaves and drooping capsules.
Syn. -- order Eubryales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Mesembryanthemum

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. meshmbri`a midday + 'a`nqos flower. ] (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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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[aisupuranto](n) ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)[Add to Longdo]

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