HyperDic English HOTT ... Hottentot's bread vine

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English 1 sense of the expression *Hottentot's bread vine*:
NOUN	plant	Hottentot's bread vine, elephant's-foot, tortoise plant, Hottentot bread vine, Dioscorea elephantipes	South African vine having a massive rootstock / rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark

EnglishHottentot's bread vine: 1 sense noun 1, plant
Meaning	South African vine having a massive rootstock / rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark.
Synonyms	elephant's-foot, tortoise plant, Hottentot bread vine, Dioscorea elephantipes
Member of	Dioscorea, genus Dioscorea	yams
Parts	Hottentot bread, Hottentot's bread	Thick edible rootstock / rootstock of elephant's-foot
Broader	vine	A plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

HyperDicEnglishHOTT ... Hottentot's bread vine