ENCEPHALARTOS CAFFER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Encephalartos caffer; kaffir bread

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Encephalartos caffer" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Encephalartos caffer" is a member of...):

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

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