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Noun: sheep plant  sheep plãnt
  1. Perennial prostrate mat-forming herb with hoary woolly foliage
    "The sheep plant formed dense white mats on the mountainside";
    - vegetable sheep, Raoulia lutescens, Raoulia australis
     
  2. Cushion-forming New Zealand herb having leaves densely covered with tawny hairs
    "sheep plant dotted the mountainside like woolly clusters";
    - vegetable sheep, Haastia pulvinaris

Derived forms: sheep plants, sheep plant

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant

Part of: genus Haastia, genus Raoulia, Haastia, Raoulia