Ficoides
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A resemblance epithet meaning the plant looks like a fig — typically in having large, lobed leaves reminiscent of Ficus carica, or fruit with a fig-like structure. Appears as ficoides (both genders).
Etymology
From the genus Ficus (fig) + Greek -oides (resembling).
Example
“Mesembryanthemum ficoides and Carpobrotus ficoides (Hottentot fig) carry this epithet — the latter for its fleshy, fig-like fruits that ripen to an edible sweetness on coastal rocks.”