lith·ops
| \ ˈliˌthäps \
Definition of lithops
1
capitalized
: a genus of stemless succulent southern African plants (family Aizoaceae) that are sometimes grown for ornament and that have the leaves in pairs forming a stonelike body with a fissure on top from which the sessile usually solitary flower emerges
2
plural lithops
: any plant of the genus Lithops
— called also living stone, stoneface, stone life face
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