Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun living_rock

2 senses of living rock

Sense 1
living rock, Ariocarpus fissuratus -- (usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit; resembles the related mescal; northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States)
       => cactus -- (any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines)

Sense 2
living granite, living rock, stone mimicry plant -- (highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite; South Africa)
       => succulent -- (a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs)