KAFFIR BREAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kaffir bread mean? 

• KAFFIR BREAD (noun)
  The noun KAFFIR BREAD has 1 sense:

1. South African cycad; the farinaceous pith of the fruit used as food

  Familiarity information: KAFFIR BREAD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KAFFIR BREAD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

South African cycad; the farinaceous pith of the fruit used as food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Encephalartos caffer; kaffir bread

Hypernyms ("kaffir bread" is a kind of...):

cycad (any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales; having unbranched stems with a crown of fernlike leaves)

Holonyms ("kaffir bread" is a member of...):

genus Encephalartos (genus of arborescent African cycads; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae)