English > Carpobrotus: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | A caryophyllaceous genus of Carpobrotus. |
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Synonym | genus Carpobrotus |
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Member of | Aizoaceae, family Aizoaceae, Tetragoniaceae, family Tetragoniaceae, carpetweed family | succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America |
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Members | Hottentot fig, Hottentot's fig, sour fig, Carpobrotus edulis, Mesembryanthemum edule | low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp |
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Broader | caryophylloid dicot genus | genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers |
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Spanish | carpobrotus, genus carpobrotus |
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Catalan | carpobrotus, Carpobrotus, genus carpobrotus |
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