living rock
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (2)
- usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit; resembles the related mescal; northeastern Mexico and southwestern United StatesSynonyms: Ariocarpus fissuratus
- highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite; South AfricaSynonyms: living granitestone mimicry plant
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.Being alive; having life; as, a living creature. Opposed to dead. [1913 Webster]
2.Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle. " Living hope. " --Wyclif. [1913 Webster]
3.Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; -- opposed to stagnant. [1913 Webster]
4.Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening. "Living light." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
5.Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live. [1913 Webster]
Then on the living coals wine they pour.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
Living force. See Vis viva, under Vis.
Living gale (Naut.), a heavy gale.
Living rock or Living stone, rock in its native or original state or location; rock not quarried. " I now found myself on a rude and narrow stairway, the steps of which were cut out of the living rock." --Moore.
The living, those who are alive, or one who is alive. [1913 Webster]