ice plant

ice plant
noun
Old World annual widely naturalized in warm regions having white flowers and fleshy foliage covered with hairs that resemble ice
• Hypernyms: ↑fig marigold, ↑pebble plant

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I. noun
: an Old World annual herb (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum) that is widely naturalized in warm regions and that has fleshy foliage covered with glistening papillate dots or vesicles; broadly : fig marigold
II. noun
: a plant where artificial ice is manufactured

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a plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, native to the Mediterranean region, having fleshy leaves that are covered with glistening vesicles and are sometimes eaten as greens.
[1745-55]

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ice plant noun
A flowering plant (Mesembrianthemum or Dorotheanthus) whose succulent leaves are covered with fine hairs which give them a glistening, sugary appearance
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Main Entry: ↑ice

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ice plant,
1. a low, spreading plant of the carpetweed family, native to the Mediterranean region, South Africa, and southern California, having leaves covered with glistening watery spots.
2. a place where artificial ice is made.

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n. either of two succulent plants that are widely cultivated for their flowers: ●
a) a South African plant that has leaves covered with glistening fluid-filled hairs that resemble ice crystals (genera Mesembryanthemum and Dorotheanthus, family Aizoaceae, in particular M. crystallinum)
b) an Asian stonecrop that bears domed heads of tiny pink flowers (Sedum spectabile, family Crassulaceae)

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  • Ice plant — (Bot.) A plant ({Mesembryanthemum crystallinum}), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is native along the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South Africa. Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic; its… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ice plant — n. a succulent Old World plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum) of the carpetweed family, having thick leaves covered with thin, glistening cells that look like ice crystals …   English World dictionary

  • ice plant — ice′ plant n. pln a low growing Old World plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, of the carpetweed family, having tiny glistening sacs on its fleshy, edible leaves • Etymology: 1745–55 …   From formal English to slang

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  • ice plant — a plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, native to the Mediterranean region, having fleshy leaves that are covered with glistening vesicles and are sometimes eaten as greens. [1745 55] * * * also called  sea fig , or  sea marigold … …   Universalium

  • ice plant — A building in which artificial ice is frozen. Also, a place where ice is stored …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • ice plant — /ˈaɪs plænt/ (say uys plant) noun 1. any of various plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum native to South Africa, especially Cryophytum crystalinum, a low succulent plant with leaves covered by small glistening bladder shaped hairs. 2. any of… …  

  • ice plant — noun 1》 a South African succulent which has leaves covered with glistening fluid filled hairs that resemble ice crystals. [Genera Mesembryanthemum and Dorotheanthus.] 2》 an Asian stonecrop which bears domed heads of tiny pink flowers. [Sedum… …   English new terms dictionary

  • ice plant — noun a succulent annual, Carpobrotus edulis, of the stone plant family, having pale pink flowers and fleshy leaves covered with glistening hairs …   Wiktionary

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