Definitions for ice plant
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ice′ plant`(n.)
a low-growing Old World plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, of the carpetweed family, having tiny glistening sacs on its fleshy, edible leaves.
Category: Plants
Origin of ice plant:
1745–55
Princeton's WordNet
ice plant, icicle plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum(noun)
Old World annual widely naturalized in warm regions having white flowers and fleshy foliage covered with hairs that resemble ice
Wiktionary
ice plant(Noun)
a succulent annual, Carpobrotus edulis, of the stone plant family, having pale pink flowers and fleshy leaves covered with glistening hairs
Webster Dictionary
Ice plant(u)
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
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