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SOUR FIG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sour fig mean? 

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

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

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SOUR 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 ("sour 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 ("sour fig" is a member of...):

Carpobrotus; genus Carpobrotus (a caryophyllaceous genus of Carpobrotus)


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