NOUN | plant | Hottentot bread vine, elephant's-foot, tortoise plant, Hottentot's bread vine, Dioscorea elephantipes | South African vine having a massive rootstock / rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark |
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Meaning | South African vine having a massive rootstock / rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark. | |
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Synonyms | elephant's-foot, tortoise plant, Hottentot's 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 |
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