HOTTENTOT'S BREAD

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Thick edible rootstock of elephant's-foot

Synonyms:

Hottentot's bread; Hottentot bread

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

Credits