LIVING GRANITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does living granite mean? 

• LIVING GRANITE (noun)
  The noun LIVING GRANITE has 1 sense:

1. highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite; South Africa

  Familiarity information: LIVING GRANITE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIVING GRANITE (noun)

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Meaning:

Highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite; South Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

living granite; living rock; stone mimicry plant

Hypernyms ("living granite" is a kind of...):

succulent (a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs)

Holonyms ("living granite" is a member of...):

genus Pleiospilos; Pleiospilos (perennial succulents of South Africa)