pigface

English

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• pig-face

Etymology

From pig +‎ face.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪɡfeɪs/

Noun

pigface (plural pigfaces)

1. Any of various mesembryanthemums of the genus Carpobrotus, native to coastal areas of Australia, and producing edible fruits.
   • 1983, Robert Drewe, The Bodysurfers, Penguin, published 2009, page 124:

     The road cut through sand dunes spread patchily with pigface and tumbleweeds and led obliquely to the sea […]

   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 256:

     that other fleshy plant, the one called pig-face, had lain across a corner of the cliffs like vivid pink shantung flung across a draper's counter.

   • 2015, Magda Szubanski, Reckoning, Text Publishing, page 52:

     My father was forever trying to tame this lumpen block, buttressing it with rock gardens and rock walls garlanded with pigface, courtesy of my mother.