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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.

Definition of Lithops

1. a succulent African plant [n LITHOPS]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lithops

lithophotography Lithophragma Lithophragma affine Lithophragma affinis Lithophragma parviflorum lithophyll lithophyse lithophyte lithophyte lithophytes

lithophytic lithophytic lithophytic plant lithopone lithopones lithops (current term) lithos lithosian lithosol lithosols

Lithospermum Lithospermum canescens Lithospermum caroliniense Lithospermum officinale lithosphere lithospheres lithospheric lithotint lithotome lithotomical

Literary usage of Lithops

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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 ..."

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