Noun: sheep plant sheep plãnt
- 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
- 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