burro's tail
noun
variants
or burro tail
: a succulent evergreen plant (Sedum morganianum) grown as an ornamental and especially as a houseplant for its long trailing stems of overlapping, greenish-blue, oblong lanceolate leaves and small pink or red flowers
A slow-growing plant, burro's tail consists of porcelain pale blue jelly-bean leaves that will eventually produce geotropic chains 3 feet (or longer) in length.—
Joshua Siskin, Daily News of Los Angeles, 30 Mar. 2002
Joshua Siskin, Daily News of Los Angeles, 30 Mar. 2002Burro tail (S. morganianum) grows its leaves in long thick tendrils which have a braided look.—Sue Rideout, Visalia (California) Times-Delta, 19 May 2011
Sue Rideout, Visalia (California) Times-Delta, 19 May 2011called also donkey's tail
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“Burro's tail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burro%27s%20tail. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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