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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)
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