mesembryanthemum edule

What does mesembryanthemum edule mean?

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

What is another word for mesembryanthemum edule?

Close synonyms include Hottentot fig, Hottentot's fig, sour fig, Carpobrotus edulis. 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 mesembryanthemum edule a common word?

mesembryanthemum edule 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for mesembryanthemum edule come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.