sour fig

What does sour fig mean?

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

What is another word for sour fig?

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

sour fig is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 sour fig come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.