jade plant

American  

noun

1. a succulent shrub, Crassula argentea, of the stonecrop family, native to southern Africa, having fleshy, oval leaves, often grown as a houseplant.

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Example Sentences

I look for the jade plant in front of our apartment building, whose leaves I would press with my thumbnail while waiting for my parents to come downstairs.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025

In an earlier iteration of our dating, I gave him a jade plant and a pink index card with instructions on how to care for it:

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2022

The jade plant was dead before we saw each other again.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2022

They share a 12sq in tank, kitted out with organic coconut coir, sphagnum moss, filtered water and a jade plant to climb on.

From The Guardian • Nov. 17, 2020

I'm getting out of Dell's car three days later and the monthly maintenance man has trimmed the lone jade plant by the front entrance of the apartment building.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan