Lithops
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Any of the genus Lithops of succulent plants resembling stones.
"Lithops are self-sterile, so that seed will only be produced if the plant is pollinated from another specimen from a different clone or group. Yellow flowers will not fertilize white and vice-versa. There is not the same range of flower colour as shown by the conophytums; lithops’ flowers are either white or yellow."
- 2 any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones wordnet
Example
More examples"Lithops are self-sterile, so that seed will only be produced if the plant is pollinated from another specimen from a different clone or group. Yellow flowers will not fertilize white and vice-versa. There is not the same range of flower colour as shown by the conophytums; lithops’ flowers are either white or yellow."
Etymology
From the genus name, translingual Lithops.
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