| Noun | 1. | Carpobrotus - a caryophyllaceous genus of Carpobrotus caryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers Aizoaceae, carpetweed family, family Aizoaceae, family Tetragoniaceae, Tetragoniaceae - succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds Carpobrotus edulis, Hottentot fig, Hottentot's fig, Mesembryanthemum edule, sour fig - low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp |