Mesembryanthemum crystallinum

Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
Ice plant Ice" plant` (Bot.) A plant ({Mesembryanthemum crystallinum}), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is native along the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South Africa. Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic; its ashes are used in Spain in making glass. [1913 Webster]

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