TORTOISE PLANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tortoise plant mean? 

• TORTOISE PLANT (noun)
  The noun TORTOISE PLANT has 1 sense:

1. South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark

  Familiarity information: TORTOISE PLANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TORTOISE PLANT (noun)

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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 ("tortoise plant" 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 "tortoise plant"):

Hottentot's bread; Hottentot bread (thick edible rootstock of elephant's-foot)

Holonyms ("tortoise plant" is a member of...):

Dioscorea; genus Dioscorea (yams)