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rock plant
noun
- a plant found among rocks or in rock gardens.
rock plant
noun
- any plant that grows on rocks or in rocky ground
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rock plant1
First recorded in 1605–15
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Example Sentences
There he purposely bumped into Robertson Ay, who was sound asleep on top of one of the best rock plants, and Robertson Ay was very angry.
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This was filled with a blue flower, a rock plant of some sort, and the overflow hung down the vent and spilled lavishly among the canopy of the forest.
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Cheiranthus.—Pretty rock plants, for light stony soils.
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The rock plants on the little island in the pond fell into shadow and some closed up their petals for the night.
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The earth may be kept level, or heaped up at one or both ends, and a few stones added to make a tiny rockery, in which you can grow small saxifrages and other rock plants.
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