| Ice Plant (n.) A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is native along the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South Africa. Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic; its ashes are used in Spain in making glass. Thesaurus Entries blast, blast-freeze, blight, congeal, deep-freezer, freeze, freeze solid, freezer, freezing machine, glaciate, glacify, ice, ice machine, ice plant, ice-cream freezer, ice-cube machine, icehouse, nip, quick-freeze, refreeze, refrigerating engine, refrigerating machine, regelate, sharp-freezer |