HyperDic: stone_mimicry_plant

English > 1 sense of the expression *stone mimicry plant*:
NOUN	plant	stone mimicry plant, living granite, living rock	highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite

English > *stone mimicry plant*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite; South Africa.
Synonyms	living granite, living rock
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