About The Word Ice plant
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Ice plant
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What's The Definition Of Ice plant?
[n] Old World annual widely naturalized in warm regions having white flowers and fleshy foliage covered with hairs that resemble ice
Synonyms | Synonyms for Ice plant: icicle plant | Mesembryanthemum crystallinum Related Terms | Find terms related to Ice plant: See Also | fig marigold | pebble plant Ice plant In Webster's Dictionary \Ice" plant`\ (Bot.)
A plant ({Mesembryanthemum crystallinum}), sprinkled with
pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is
native along the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South
Africa. Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic; its
ashes are used in Spain in making glass.
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