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HOTTENTOT'S BREAD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thick edible rootstock of elephant's-foot
Synonyms:
Hottentot's bread; Hottentot bread
Classified under:
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)
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