noun
succulent shrubs and herbs
• Syn: ↑Crassulaceae, ↑family Crassulaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑plant family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Rosales, ↑order Rosales
• Member Meronyms: ↑Crassula, ↑genus Crassula, ↑genus Sedum, ↑Aeonium, ↑genus Aeonium
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the plant family Crassulaceae, characterized by succulent herbaceous plants and shrubs with simple, fleshy leaves, clusters of small flowers, and dry, dehiscent fruit, and including hen-and-chickens, houseleek, kalanchoe, live-forever, orpine, sedum, and stonecrop.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.