Meanings
- Any of the genus Lithops of succulent plants resembling stones.
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 Times2 more examples
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 either white or yellow.
1978, Margaret J. Martin, Peter Richard Chapman, Succulents and Their Cultivation, Schribner, page 86Lithops (‘Lithops’ singular) are easily one of Earth's weirdest plants making them highly popular with succulent lovers. They're also infamous for being easy to kill. In fact, I bet we'd be hard pressed to find someone who has never killed a Lithops unless they've just never had one, and that doesn't count.
2018, Andrea Afra, The Succulent Manual, unnumbered page
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- translingualLithops
- Englishlithops
From the genus name, translingual Lithops.
More words from translingual
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Polish litops
- litopsLithops genus plant
Tamil கல்செடி
- கல்செடி (kalceṭi)Lithops genus plant
Cite this entry
lithops. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lithops
“lithops.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lithops. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lithops,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lithops.
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