STONE PLANT

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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

Synonyms:

flowering stone; lithops; living stone; stone-face; stone life face; stone plant; stoneface

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("stone plant" is a kind of...):

succulent (a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs)

Holonyms ("stone plant" is a member of...):

genus Lithops (genus of stemless South African succulents)

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