elephant's-foot
1. South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark • Syn: tortoise plant, Hottentot bread vine, Hottentot's bread vine, Dioscorea elephantipes • Hypernyms: vine • Member Holonyms: Dioscorea, genus Dioscorea • Part Meronyms: Hottentot bread, Hottentot's bread 2. any plant of the genus Elephantopus having heads of blue or purple flowers; America • Hypernyms: herb, herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: Elephantopus, genus Elephantopus
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