ice plant
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Noun edit
ice plant (plural ice plants)
- A succulent annual, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, of the fig marigold family, having pale pink flowers and fleshy leaves covered with glistening water vesicles.
- Any of several plants in fig marigold family, Aizoaceae, which were formerly classified in the genus Mesembryanthemum along with Mesembryanthemum crystallinum.
- Especially, Carpobrotus edulis.
Synonyms edit
- (Aizoaceae): fig marigold, pebble plant
- (Caprobrotus edulis): Hottentot fig
Translations edit
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
References edit
- ice plant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Mesembryanthemum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- “ice plant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “ice plant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.