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KAFFIR BREAD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
South African cycad; the farinaceous pith of the fruit used as food
Synonyms:
Encephalartos caffer; kaffir bread
Classified under:
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)