HyperDic: stone-face

English > 1 sense of the word stone-face:
NOUNplantstone-face, lithops, living stone, stoneface, stone plant, stone life face, flowering stoneany plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones
English > stone-face: 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 plant, stone life face, flowering stone
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
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