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Definition of Mesembryanthemum edule

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mesembryanthemum Edule

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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