carpobrotus edulis

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsHottentot figHottentot's figsour figMesembryanthemum edule

   Broadersucculent

   Part ofCarpobrotus

Questions about carpobrotus edulis

What does carpobrotus edulis mean?

carpobrotus edulis means "low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp".

What is another word for carpobrotus edulis?

Close synonyms include Hottentot fig, Hottentot's fig, sour fig, Mesembryanthemum edule. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is carpobrotus edulis a common word?

carpobrotus edulis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.