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Hottentot bread
Thesaurus| Noun | 1.Hottentot bread - thick edible rootstock of elephant's-footHottentot's breadDioscorea elephantipes, elephant's-foot, Hottentot bread vine, Hottentot's bread vine, tortoise plant - South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured barkroot - (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground |
Hottentot bread
Hottentot bread: see yamyam,
common name for some members of the Dioscoreaceae, a family of tropical and subtropical climbing herbs or shrubs with starchy rhizomes often cultivated for food. The largest genus, Dioscorea, is commercially important in East Asia and in tropical America.
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Synonyms for Hottentot breadnoun thick edible rootstock of elephant's-footSynonymsRelated Words- Dioscorea elephantipes
- elephant's-foot
- Hottentot bread vine
- Hottentot's bread vine
- tortoise plant
- root
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