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 

• PEBBLE PLANT (noun)

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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)