ice plant

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English

an ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)

Alternative forms

ice-plant, iceplant, icicle plant

Etymology

Noun

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.
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Synonyms

(Aizoaceae): fig marigold, pebble plant^{(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.)}
(Caprobrotus edulis): Hottentot fig

Translations

Carpobrotus

Maori: horokaka, ruerueke
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Tagalog: yeluhan

References

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.

Anagrams

pectinal, planetic

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