English noun: living rock | |||
1. | living rock (plant) usually 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 | ||
Synonyms | Ariocarpus fissuratus | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cactus | ||
Member meronym | Ariocarpus, genus Ariocarpus | ||
2. | living rock (plant) highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite; South Africa | ||
Synonyms | living granite, stone mimicry plant | ||
Broader (hypernym) | succulent | ||
Member meronym | genus Pleiospilos, Pleiospilos | ||