living rock n 1: 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 States [syn: {Ariocarpus fissuratus}] 2: highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with gray-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite; South Africa [syn: {living granite}, {stone mimicry plant}]