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| any of various succulent plants of the genus Haworthia, native to South Africa, having densely overlapping, often warty leaves clustered in rosettes. |
ha·wor·thi·a  (hô-wûr'thē-ə, -thē-) n. Any of numerous succulent South African herbs of the genus Haworthia, having densely imbricate, often warty leaves that are clustered in rosettes. Also called star cactus, wart plant. [New Latin Haworthia, genus name, after Adrian Hardy Haworth (1767-1833), British botanist.] |
| wart plant n. See haworthia. [From the tubercles on the leaves of many species.] |