HOTTENTOT'S BREAD

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

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

1. thick edible rootstock of elephant's-foot

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOTTENTOT'S BREAD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Thick edible rootstock of elephant's-foot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Hottentot's bread; Hottentot bread

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

root ((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)

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

Dioscorea elephantipes; elephant's-foot; Hottentot's bread vine; Hottentot bread vine; tortoise plant (South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark)