pigfacen.

Brit.

/ˈpɪɡfeɪs/, U.S.

/ˈpɪɡˌfeɪs/

Forms:

α. 1800s– pigface.

β. 1800s– pig's face.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pig n.¹, face n.

Etymology: In α. forms < pig n.¹ + face n. In β. forms < the genitive of pig n.¹ + face n. Compare earlier pig-faced adj.

In singular and †plural. Any of several Australian mesembryanthemums of the genus Carpobrotus found in coastal or inland sandy areas, esp. C. rossi and C. glaucescens, which bear edible fleshy fruits subtended by earlike bracts, the whole originally being thought to resemble a pig's head; a fruit of such a plant. Also: either of the related plants Disphyma clavellatum, of Australia, and D. australe, of New Zealand, which have capsular fruits.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cactus and allies > [noun] > other cacti

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pigface1830

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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [noun] > other berries

hedge-berry1607

elderberry1625

ramble-berry1658

cloudberry1743

Indian pear1796

bluet1812

squawberry1829

pigface1830

wax-berry1835

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1830 G. A. Robinson Jrnl. 1 Feb. in N. J. B. Plomley Friendly Mission (1966) 113 The natives gathered a marine plant called pigface which they eat and of which they appear very fond.

1838 J. Hawdon Jrnl. Journey New S. Wales to Adelaide (1952) 2 The plains..are for the most part covered with the salsuginous plant vulgarly called ‘Pig's face’.

1855 W. Howitt Land, Labour & Gold 22 The beautiful crimson mesembryanthemum which we grow at home in pots grows wild here... They call this pretty flower ‘pig's-faces’.

1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. i. 44 ‘Pig Faces’... The fleshy fruit is eaten raw by the aborigines. The leaves are eaten baked.

1944 Mod. Jun. Dict. (Whitcombe & Tombs) 204 Ice plant... The Tasmanian name for a plant allied to ‘New Zealand spinach’, and to the mesembryanthemum or ‘pig-face’.

1965 Austral. Encycl. VII. 113/1 The rosy, endemic Disphyma australe..is also often called pigface, although it has rounded leaves and dry capsular fruits.

1988 R. Langford Don't take your Love to Town iii. 34 We were running along the sand dunes and stuffing ourselves with pig face, a salty fruit which grew in the sand.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	pigface
释义	pigfacen. Brit. /ˈpɪɡfeɪs/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡˌfeɪs/ Forms: α. 1800s– pigface. β. 1800s– pig's face. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pig n.¹, face n. Etymology: In α. forms < pig n.¹ + face n. In β. forms < the genitive of pig n.¹ + face n. Compare earlier pig-faced adj. In singular and †plural. Any of several Australian mesembryanthemums of the genus Carpobrotus found in coastal or inland sandy areas, esp. C. rossi and C. glaucescens, which bear edible fleshy fruits subtended by earlike bracts, the whole originally being thought to resemble a pig's head; a fruit of such a plant. Also: either of the related plants Disphyma clavellatum, of Australia, and D. australe, of New Zealand, which have capsular fruits. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cactus and allies > [noun] > other cacti hedgehog thistle1597 Opuntia1601 mescal1709 Barbados gooseberry1756 night-flowering cereus1789 vygebosch1795 night-blooming cereus1799 rhipsalis1819 pigface1830 window plant1838 old man cactus1845 cholla1846 fish-hook cactus1846 spleenwort1846 epiphyllum1858 old man's head1858 rainbow cactus1860 green snake1864 torchwood1866 queen of the night1870 vingerpol1875 nipple cactus1876 niggerhead1877 rat's tail cactus1878 rat-tail cactus1878 Christmas cactus1880 barrel cactus1881 peyote1885 mistletoe cactus1889 schlumbergera1898 pincushion1940 opuntioid1944 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [noun] > other berries hedge-berry1607 elderberry1625 ramble-berry1658 cloudberry1743 Indian pear1796 bluet1812 squawberry1829 pigface1830 wax-berry1835 quandong1836 strawberry guava1901 bead-berry1923 squash-berry1935 1830 G. A. Robinson Jrnl. 1 Feb. in N. J. B. Plomley Friendly Mission (1966) 113 The natives gathered a marine plant called pigface which they eat and of which they appear very fond. 1838 J. Hawdon Jrnl. Journey New S. Wales to Adelaide (1952) 2 The plains..are for the most part covered with the salsuginous plant vulgarly called ‘Pig's face’. 1855 W. Howitt Land, Labour & Gold 22 The beautiful crimson mesembryanthemum which we grow at home in pots grows wild here... They call this pretty flower ‘pig's-faces’. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. i. 44 ‘Pig Faces’... The fleshy fruit is eaten raw by the aborigines. The leaves are eaten baked. 1944 Mod. Jun. Dict. (Whitcombe & Tombs) 204 Ice plant... The Tasmanian name for a plant allied to ‘New Zealand spinach’, and to the mesembryanthemum or ‘pig-face’. 1965 Austral. Encycl. VII. 113/1 The rosy, endemic Disphyma australe..is also often called pigface, although it has rounded leaves and dry capsular fruits. 1988 R. Langford Don't take your Love to Town iii. 34 We were running along the sand dunes and stuffing ourselves with pig face, a salty fruit which grew in the sand. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1830
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