living rock Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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
    Ariocarpus fissuratus.
  2. noun highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite; South Africa
    stone mimicry plant; living granite.

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