| 单词 | hottentot fig |
| 释义 | > as lemmasHottentot fig Hottentot fig n. (also Hottentot's fig) [originally after German †Hottentotts Feige (1719 in the passage translated in quot. 1731; now Hottentottenfeige)] a drought-tolerant creeping plant, Carpobrotus edulis (family Aizoaceae; formerly included in the genus Mesembryanthemum), originally native to South Africa, but introduced elsewhere and in some areas now considered to be an invasive weed; (also) the edible fruit of this plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > African plants > other African plants Hottentot fig1731 wait-a-bit1785 goat's foot1787 Strelitzia1789 aandblom1793 grapple-plant1822 tile-root1829 neb-neb1839 Cape tulip1850 bird-of-paradise flower1855 dimorphotheca1861 aandblommetjie1870 lithops1938 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope I. 141 Some women go into the field to gather the stalks of what they call Hottentot-figs. 1800 tr. J. J. Labillardière Voy. in Search of La Pérouse I. 130 Our Hottentot marched on with his pipe on his mouth, and regaling himself from time to time with the Hottentot's fig..which grew among the sands on the road side. 1862 L. Duff-Gordon Lett. from Cape (1925) 83 Hottentot figs are rather nice—a green fig-shaped thing, containing..a salt-sweet insipid glue, which you suck out. 1988 M. Branch Explore Cape Flora 19 The huge purple flowers of the..Hottentot's fig grow well in sand near the seaside. 1991 Daily Tel. 3 Oct. 7/2 When the Hottentot fig is destroyed by winter frosts it smothers the clifftop in an inert matting that prevents the growth of other species. < as lemmas |
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