ˈliˌthäps noun
Etymology: New Latin, from lith- + -ops
1. capitalized : a genus of stemless succulent southern African plants (family Aizoaceae) that are sometimes grown for ornament and that have the leaves in pairs forming a stonelike body with a fissure on top from which the sessile usually solitary flower emerges
2. plural lithops : any plant of the genus Lithops — called also living stone, stoneface, stone life face