Definition of Mesembryanthemum edule

1. Noun. Low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp.

Exact synonyms: Carpobrotus Edulis, Hottentot Fig, Hottentot's Fig, Sour Fig
Group relationships: Carpobrotus, Genus Carpobrotus
Generic synonyms: Succulent

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mesembryanthemum Edule

Meryam Mir
Meryl
Meryl Streep
Meryta
Meryta sinclairii
Merzbacher
Merzbacher-Pelizaeus disease
Merzifon
Mesa
Mesa Verde National Park
Mesabi Range
Mesantoin
Mesasamkranti
Mescalero
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
Mesembryanthemum edule (current term)
Mesgegra
Meshach
Meshed
Mesicke
Meskwaki
Meskwakis
Mesmer
Mesoamerica
Mesoamerican
Mesoamerican pyramid
Mesoamerican pyramids
Mesoarchean
Mesocricetus auratus
Mesogothic

Literary usage of Mesembryanthemum edule

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hydration and Growth by Daniel Trembly MacDougal (1920)
"... (Mesembryanthemum edule) which flourishes in the open at the Coastal Laboratory and in the glass-house at the Desert Laboratory furnished material ..."

2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"Mesembryanthemum edule bears edible fruits called Hottentot figs. ICE POLO. A game on skates, which should not be confounded with ice hockey, ..."

3. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1896)
"... the Hottentot Fig (Mesembryanthemum edule), used for edging beds, the familiar white Arum, Richardia africana Melianthus major, Plumbago capensis, ..."

4. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa: Including a Sketch of by David Livingstone (1858)
"One of this family is edible (Mesembryanthemum edule); another possesses a tuberous root, which may be eaten raw; and all are furnished with thick, ..."

5. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1908)
"Food plant Mesembryanthemum edule. Collected in Cape Town, South Africa, June 29, 1897, by CP Lounsbury. Note.—This species, while resembling very closely ..."

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