HOTTENTOT'S BREAD VINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hottentot's bread vine mean? 

• HOTTENTOT'S BREAD VINE (noun)
  The noun HOTTENTOT'S BREAD VINE has 1 sense:

1. South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark

  Familiarity information: HOTTENTOT'S BREAD VINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOTTENTOT'S BREAD VINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dioscorea elephantipes; elephant's-foot; Hottentot's bread vine; Hottentot bread vine; tortoise plant

Hypernyms ("Hottentot's bread vine" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Meronyms (parts of "Hottentot's bread vine"):

Hottentot's bread; Hottentot bread (thick edible rootstock of elephant's-foot)

Holonyms ("Hottentot's bread vine" is a member of...):

Dioscorea; genus Dioscorea (yams)