HyperDic: genus_carpobrotus

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Carpobrotus:
NOUNplantgenus Carpobrotus, Carpobrotusa caryophyllaceous genus of Carpobrotus
English > genus Carpobrotus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA caryophyllaceous genus of Carpobrotus.
SynonymCarpobrotus
Member ofAizoaceae, family Aizoaceae, Tetragoniaceae, family Tetragoniaceae, carpetweed familysucculent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America
MembersHottentot fig, Hottentot's fig, sour fig, Carpobrotus edulis, Mesembryanthemum edulelow-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp
Broadercaryophylloid dicot genusgenus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
Spanishcarpobrotus, genus carpobrotus
Catalancarpobrotus, Carpobrotus, genus carpobrotus

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