HyperDic: flowering_stone

English > 1 sense of the expression flowering stone:
NOUNplantflowering stone, lithops, living stone, stoneface, stone-face, stone plant, stone life faceany plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones
English > flowering stone: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones.
Synonymslithops, living stone, stoneface, stone-face, stone plant, stone life face
Member ofgenus Lithopsgenus of stemless South African succulents
BroadersucculentA plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs
Spanishstoneface
Catalanstoneface

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