HyperDic: dioscorea_elephantipes

English > 1 sense of the expression Dioscorea elephantipes:
NOUNplantDioscorea elephantipes, elephant's-foot, tortoise plant, Hottentot bread vine, Hottentot's bread vineSouth African vine having a massive rootstock / rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark
English > Dioscorea elephantipes: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningSouth African vine having a massive rootstock / rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark.
Synonymselephant's-foot, tortoise plant, Hottentot bread vine, Hottentot's bread vine
Member ofDioscorea, genus Dioscoreayams
PartsHottentot bread, Hottentot's breadThick edible rootstock / rootstock of elephant's-foot
BroadervineA plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

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