HyperDic: living_rock

English > 2 senses of the expression living rock:
NOUNplantliving rock, Ariocarpus fissuratususually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit
plantliving rock, living granite, stone mimicry planthighly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite
English > living rock: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
Meaningusually 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.
SynonymAriocarpus fissuratus
Member ofAriocarpus, genus AriocarpusSlow-growing geophytic cacti
BroadercactusAny succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines
English > living rock: 2 senses > noun 2, plant
MeaningHighly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite; South Africa.
Synonymsliving granite, 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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