Definition of Ice plant
1. Noun. Old World annual widely naturalized in warm regions having white flowers and fleshy foliage covered with hairs that resemble ice.
Medical Definition of Ice plant
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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. Ice skate = a shoe with a metal runner (called a blade) attached to permit the wearer to glide on ice Ice-skater = one who skates on ice wearing an ice skate; especially. An athlete who performs athletic or artistic movements on a sheet of ice, wearing ice skates; including speed skater and figure skater
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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