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Definition of Lithops
1. Noun. Any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones.
Group relationships: Genus Lithops
Generic synonyms: Succulent
Definition of Lithops
1. Noun. Any of the genus ''Lithops'' of succulent plants resembling stones. ¹
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Definition of Lithops
1. a succulent African plant [n LITHOPS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lithops
Literary usage of Lithops
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"M. , trilobate on internal side, lithops ... Of the six species of this family
one of lithops and one of ..."
2. British Ecclesiastical History, Including the Religion of the Druids, the by T. Timpson (1847)
"The lithops desired to be informed how this could be ascertained: ie replied,
that they might know this by the most certain wk of ..."