ice plant
Crystalline-looking ground cover
Ice plant refers to several succulent plants with fleshy leaves that glisten as if covered in frost or ice crystals.
Native to southern Africa, they're drought-tolerant ground covers common in coastal and arid landscaping: The ice plant spread across the hillside in a mat of purple flowers.
Ice plant also names an industrial facility that manufactures ice.
Medicinal gel plant
Extending over space
- creepingMoving slowly, stealthily
- mattingWoven protective surface
- carpetingInstalled floor textile
- low-growingRemaining near ground level
ground-hugging · trailing · slope · embankment · border · edging · pathway · coastal
Reflecting light softly
- sparklingEmitting small bright flashes
- dewdropsCondensed overnight water droplets
- frostedCovered with icy film
- shimmeringGleaming with wavering light
translucent · beaded · iridescent · glassy · jeweled
Able to withstand aridity
- low-maintenanceRequiring little care
- aridDevoid of water
- desertTo leave behind completely
- MediterraneanSea between Europe, Africa, Asia
fire-resistant · sustainable · landscaping · sun-loving · sandy · rocky · resilient · adaptable
aloe
Medicinal gel plant
- sedumSucculent groundcover genus
- agaveSpiny desert succulent
- kalanchoeSucculent houseplant, colorful blooms
jade · xerophyte · fleshy · rosette · drought-tolerant
spreading
Extending over space
low-growing · ground-hugging · trailing · slope · embankment · border · edging · pathway · coastal · fast-growing
glistening
Reflecting light softly
- sparklingEmitting small bright flashes
- dewdropsCondensed overnight water droplets
- frostedCovered with icy film
shimmering · translucent · beaded · iridescent · glassy · jeweled
drought-resistant
Able to withstand aridity
- low-maintenanceRequiring little care
- aridDevoid of water
- desertTo leave behind completely
Mediterranean · fire-resistant · sustainable · landscaping · sun-loving · sandy · rocky · resilient · adaptable · hardiness
salty
Tasting of brine
foraging · mineral-rich · pickled · sour · leaves · raw · cooked · traditional · culinary · nutritious
- ice plants
- factoriesfactory, car factory, toy factory, steel mill, furniture factory
- coastal plantsbeach grass, sea oats, cordgrass, spartina, dune grass
- drought-tolerant plantscacti, agave, aloe, aloe vera, xerophytes
- fishing portfishing boat, fishing pier, fishing fleet, dock master, harbormaster
- ground coversbugleweed, creeping phlox, ground ivy, pachysandra, periwinkle
ice plantwater lily
Aquatic flowering plant
lotus · water hyacinth · cattail · marsh marigold · papyrus
ice plantfurnace
Enclosed heat-producing structure
smelter · boiler house · foundry · kiln · incinerator
ice, plant, plants, iced, icing, planting, planted, planter, ices