ice plant

English

an ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)

Alternative forms

• ice-plant, iceplant, icicle plant

Noun

ice plant (plural ice plants)

1. A succulent annual, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, of the fig marigold family, having pale pink flowers and fleshy leaves covered with glistening water vesicles.
2. Any of several plants in fig marigold family, Aizoaceae, which were formerly classified in the genus Mesembryanthemum along with Mesembryanthemum crystallinum.
   1. Especially, Carpobrotus edulis.

Synonyms

• (Aizoaceae): fig marigold, pebble plant
• (Caprobrotus edulis): Hottentot fig

Translations

Mesembryanthemum crystallinum

• Finnish: jääpäivikki (fi), jääruoho (fi)
• German: Eiskraut
• Swedish: isört c

Carpobrotus edulis

• Maori: horokaka, ruerueke
• Tagalog: yeluhan

References

• ice plant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mesembryanthemum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• ice plant at OneLook Dictionary Search
• ice plant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

• pectinal, planetic