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