lithops
lithops noun: any of the genus Lithops of succulent plants resembling stones.
Noun
lithops (plural lithops)
- Any of the genus Lithops of succulent plants resembling stones.
- Lithops are self-sterile, so that seed will only be produced if the plant is pollinated from another specimen from a different clone or group. Yellow flowers will not fertilize white and vice-versa. There is not the same range of flower colour as shown by the conophytums; lithops’ flowers are...1978, Margaret J. Martin, Peter Richard Chapman, Succulents and Their Cultivation, Schribner, page 86
- And the succulents house, which is kept a cool 60 degrees during the day and 50 to 55 degrees at night, holds aloes and lithops (which look like small stones), just beginning to bloom.2008 January 3, Anne Raver, “No Need to Fly South to See Blossoms in Winter”, in New York Times
lithops meaning in Tamil
lithops in Tamil
- Lithops genus plant
- கல்செடி kalceṭi
Examples of lithops in a sentence
- Lithops are self-sterile, so that seed will only be produced if the plant is pollinated from another specimen from a different clone or group.1978, Margaret J. Martin, Peter Richard Chapman, Succulents and Their Cultivation, Schribner, page 86:
- Lithops (‘Lithops’ singular) are easily one of Earth's weirdest plants making them highly popular with succulent lovers.2018, Andrea Afra, The Succulent Manual, unnumbered page:
Forms of lithops
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Origin of lithops
From the genus name, translingual Lithops.
Questions about lithops
- What does lithops mean?
- Lithops means any of the genus Lithops of succulent plants resembling stones.
- What is lithops in Tamil?
- Lithops in Tamil is கல்செடி (kalceṭi). See Lithops meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use lithops in a sentence?
- Lithops are self-sterile, so that seed will only be produced if the plant is pollinated from another specimen from a different clone or group.
- What part of speech is lithops?
- Lithops is a noun.
- What is the plural of lithops?
- The plural of lithops is lithops.
Words near lithops in the dictionary
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