NOUN | plant | stone plant, lithops, living stone, stoneface, stone-face, stone life face, flowering stone | any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones |
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Meaning | Any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones. | |
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Synonyms | lithops, living stone, stoneface, stone-face, stone life face, flowering stone | |
Member of | genus Lithops | genus of stemless South African succulents |
Broader | succulent | A plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs |
Spanish | stoneface | |
Catalan | stoneface |
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