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HOTTENTOT FIG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hottentot fig mean? 

HOTTENTOT FIG (noun)
  The noun HOTTENTOT FIG has 1 sense:

1. low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulpplay

  Familiarity information: HOTTENTOT FIG used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOTTENTOT FIG (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Carpobrotus edulis; Hottentot's fig; Hottentot fig; Mesembryanthemum edule; sour fig

Hypernyms ("Hottentot fig" is a kind of...):

succulent (a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs)

Holonyms ("Hottentot fig" is a member of...):

Carpobrotus; genus Carpobrotus (a caryophyllaceous genus of Carpobrotus)


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