ice plant

noun

Updated on: 6 Apr 2018

Definition of ice plant

: any of various usually succulent herbs (as of the genera Carpobrotus, Delosperma, and Mesembryanthemum) of the carpetweed family used especially as ground covers or for erosion control

Recent Examples of ice plant from the Web

And invasive plants such as ice plant also can be food for them.

— phil diehl, sandiegouniontribune.com, "It's getting a little squirrelly at the coast," 25 Mar. 2018
And invasive species such as ice plant also can be food for them.

— phil diehl, latimes.com, "Squirrels have overrun some coastal cities and lost their fear of humans, officials say," 25 Mar. 2018
A few years later, Boley boasted five grocery stores, five hotels, seven restaurants, four cotton gins, three drugstores, a jewelry store, four department stores, two insurance companies, two photographers and an ice plant.

— michael harriot, The Root, "The Other Black Wall Streets," 15 Feb. 2018
The four blocks surrounding this intersection were occupied in the early 1900s by rice mills, an ice plant, horse and mule stables, a yarn and hosiery factory and a streetcar barn; the streets themselves were paved in granite stones.

— richard campanella, NOLA.com, "Krewe du Vieux 2018: Take a virtual tour of the route with King Richard Campanella," 23 Jan. 2018
Her family emigrated from Sicily and became true Miami pioneers operating Miami’s first ice plant, Royal Palm Ice and Refrigeration Company, opened in 1921.

— orlando sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Deaths in Central Florida: 10/8," 8 Oct. 2017

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