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Definition of Hottentot fig
1. Noun. Low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp.
Group relationships: Carpobrotus, Genus Carpobrotus
Generic synonyms: Succulent
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hottentot Fig
Literary usage of Hottentot fig
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diary of Ten Years Eventful Life of an Early Settler in Western Australia by George Fletcher Moore (1884)
"The leaves of the hottentot fig-plant. In the early days of the settlement, when
garden vegetables were scarce, these were split up, and dressed like French ..."
2. A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the by George Fletcher Moore (1842)
"The leaves of the hottentot fig-plant. In the early days of the settlement, when
garden vegetables were scarce, these were split up, and dressed like French ..."
3. Preadamites, Or, A Demonstration of the Existence of Men Before Adam by Alexander Winchell (1880)
"Compare also the Hottentot, Fig. 48. teristic contrast exists, to which my
attention has been called by Rev. SE Bishop, of Honolulu. ..."
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