| NOUN | plant | living rock, Ariocarpus fissuratus | usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit |
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| plant | living rock, living granite, stone mimicry plant | highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite |
| Meaning | usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit; resembles the related mescal; northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States. | |
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| Synonym | Ariocarpus fissuratus | |
| Member of | Ariocarpus, genus Ariocarpus | Slow-growing geophytic cacti |
| Broader | cactus | Any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines |
| Meaning | Highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite; South Africa. | |
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| Synonyms | living granite, stone mimicry plant | |
| Member of | Pleiospilos, genus Pleiospilos | perennial succulents of South Africa |
| Broader | succulent | A plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs |
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