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HOTTENTOT BREAD VINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hottentot bread vine mean?
• HOTTENTOT BREAD VINE (noun)
The noun HOTTENTOT BREAD VINE has 1 sense:
1. South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark
Familiarity information: HOTTENTOT BREAD VINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 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 bread vine"):
Hottentot's bread; Hottentot bread (thick edible rootstock of elephant's-foot)
Holonyms ("Hottentot bread vine" is a member of...):
Dioscorea; genus Dioscorea (yams)
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