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ICICLE PLANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does icicle plant mean?
• ICICLE PLANT (noun)
The noun ICICLE PLANT has 1 sense:
1. Old World annual widely naturalized in warm regions having white flowers and fleshy foliage covered with hairs that resemble ice
Familiarity information: ICICLE PLANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World annual widely naturalized in warm regions having white flowers and fleshy foliage covered with hairs that resemble ice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
ice plant; icicle plant; Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
Hypernyms ("icicle plant" is a kind of...):
fig marigold; pebble plant (any of several South African plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum cultivated for showy pink or white flowers)
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