mother-of-thousands

• Sustantivo que designa una planta de origen asiático, de la familia de las crasuláceas, que produce racimos de pequeñas flores rojas o blancas y se reproduce mediante numerosos hijos o plántulas que brotan en los bordes de sus hojas.

A noun referring to an eastern Asiatic saxifrage plant that produces racemes of small red-and-white flowers and spreads by numerous creeping stolons.

1. A type of plantC1formal

   An eastern Asiatic saxifrage that produces racemes of small red-and-white flowers and spreads by numerous creeping stolons.

   madre de miles

   • The mother-of-thousands plant quickly covered the garden bed with its stolons.
   • She admired the delicate red-and-white flowers of the mother-of-thousands.
   • Gardeners often use mother-of-thousands as a ground cover due to its spreading habit.