hottentot fig

Questions about hottentot fig

What is another word for hottentot fig?

It depends which hottentot fig you mean. In the sense “low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp”, the synonyms are Hottentot's fig, sour fig, Carpobrotus edulis, Mesembryanthemum edule. Across all 1 sense there are 4 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of hottentot fig?

WordNet records no antonym for hottentot fig. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for hottentot fig come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

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• Full entry for hottentot figAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for hottentot figWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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