Hottentot fig

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Hottentot fig

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a perennial plant, Mesembryanthemum (or Carpobrotus) edule, originally South African, having fleshy prostrate leaves, showy yellow or purple flowers, and edible fruits

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

Carpobrotus edulis, Hottentot's fig, Mesembryanthemum edule, sour fig

Carpobrotus, genus Carpobrotus - a caryophyllaceous genus of Carpobrotus

succulent - a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs

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