What is "ice plant"

Ice plant \Ice" plant`\ (Bot.) 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.

n. 1 A succulent annual, (taxlink Mesembyanthemum crystallinum species noshow=1), of the (vern stone plant pedia=1) family, having pale pink flowers and fleshy leaves covered with glistening water vesicles. 2 Any of several related plants, especially (taxlink Carpobrotus edulis species noshow=1).

n. Old World annual widely naturalized in warm regions having white flowers and fleshy foliage covered with hairs that resemble ice [syn: icicle plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum]

Ice plant or iceplant may refer to: