HyperDic: living_granite

English > 1 sense of the expression living granite:
NOUNplantliving granite, living rock, stone mimicry planthighly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite
English > living granite: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningHighly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite; South Africa.
Synonymsliving rock, stone mimicry plant
Member ofPleiospilos, genus Pleiospilosperennial succulents of South Africa
BroadersucculentA plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs

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