hottentot[s_bread (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *Hottentot's bread*:
NOUN	plant	Hottentot's bread, Hottentot bread	thick edible rootstock / rootstock of elephant's-foot

English > *Hottentot's bread*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Thick edible rootstock / rootstock of elephant's-foot.
Synonym	Hottentot bread
Part of	elephant's-foot, tortoise plant, Hottentot bread vine, Hottentot's bread vine, Dioscorea elephantipes	South African vine having a massive rootstock / rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark
Broader	root	(botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes

HyperDic: hottentot[s_bread