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    HOTTENTOT'S BREAD

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Thick edible rootstock of elephant's-footplay

    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)

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