Definition of Stone-face

1. Noun. Any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones.

Exact synonyms: Flowering Stone, Lithops, Living Stone, Stone Life Face, Stone Plant, Stoneface
Group relationships: Genus Lithops
Generic synonyms: Succulent

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stone-face

stompingly
stomps
stompy
stonable
stond
stonds
stone
stone's throw
stone-age
stone-blind
stone-broke
stone-cold
stone-curlew
stone-dead
stone-deaf
stone-face (current term)
stone-faced
stone-fruit
stone-gray
stone-mulching
stone-root
stone-sober
stone-wash
stone bramble
stone brambles
stone breaker
stone cold
stone cold sober
stone colic

Literary usage of Stone-face

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Masterpieces of American Literature: Franklin, Irving, Bryant, Webster by John Kneeland, Henry Nathan Wheeler (1891)
"ONE afternoon, when the sun was going down, a mother and her little boy sat at the door of their cottage, talking about the Great Stone Face. ..."

2. Masterpieces of American Literature: Franklin, Irving, Bryant, Webster by John Kneeland, Henry Nathan Wheeler (1891)
"ONE afternoon, when the sun was going down, a mother and her little boy sat at the door of their cottage, talking about the Great Stone Face. ..."

3. Masterpieces of American Literature: Franklin, Irving, Bryant, Webster by John Kneeland, Henry Nathan Wheeler (1891)
"ONE afternoon, when the sun was going down, a mother and her little boy sat at the door of their cottage, talking about the Great Stone Face. ..."

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