Hottentot fig — noun low growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp • Syn: ↑Hottentot s fig, ↑sour fig, ↑Carpobrotus edulis, ↑Mesembryanthemum edule • Hypernyms: ↑succulent • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Hottentot fig — /hɒtəntɒt ˈfɪg/ (say hotuhntot fig) noun any of various plants of the family Ficoidaceae, especially Carpobrotus edulis, of southern Africa, having cream or pink flowers and a sour tasting fruit used for making jam and in the preparation of… …
Hottentot fig — noun a succulent mat forming plant with bright yellow or lilac daisy like flowers and edible fruit, native to South Africa and naturalized elsewhere. [Carpobrotus edulis.] … English new terms dictionary
Hottentot's fig — noun low growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp • Syn: ↑Hottentot fig, ↑sour fig, ↑Carpobrotus edulis, ↑Mesembryanthemum edule • Hypernyms: ↑succulent • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
sour fig — noun low growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp • Syn: ↑Hottentot fig, ↑Hottentot s fig, ↑Carpobrotus edulis, ↑Mesembryanthemum edule • Hypernyms: ↑succulent • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
sour fig — /saʊə ˈfɪg/ (say sowuh fig) noun → Hottentot fig …
Khoikhoi — The Khoikhoi ( people people or real people ) or Khoi, in standardised Khoekhoe/Nama orthography spelled Khoekhoe, are a historical division of the Khoisan ethnic group, who were the native Black Africans of southwestern Africa, closely related… … Wikipedia
Carpobrotus — noun a caryophyllaceous genus of Carpobrotus • Syn: ↑genus Carpobrotus • Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Aizoaceae, ↑family Aizoaceae, ↑Tetragoniaceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Carpobrotus edulis — noun low growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp • Syn: ↑Hottentot fig, ↑Hottentot s fig, ↑sour fig, ↑Mesembryanthemum edule • Hypernyms: ↑succulent • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
genus Carpobrotus — noun a caryophyllaceous genus of Carpobrotus • Syn: ↑Carpobrotus • Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Aizoaceae, ↑family Aizoaceae, ↑Tetragoniaceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
