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Webster 1828 Edition

Aizoon

AIZO'ON

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Noun.

[L. aizoon.] it seems to be composed of Gr. always, and Eng. aye, and living.]

A genus of plants, called by Miller sempervive. The name has, by some writers, been applied to the house leek and to the aloes.

Definition 2024

Aizoon

Aizoon

Translingual

Aizoon hispanicum

Proper noun

Aizoon n

A taxonomic genus within the family Aizoaceae.

Hypernyms

(genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order; Aizoaceae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): See Aizoon at The Plant List for the accepted species and other names.