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    HOTTENTOT'S BREAD VINE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured barkplay

    Synonyms:

    Dioscorea elephantipes; elephant's-foot; Hottentot's bread vine; Hottentot bread vine; tortoise plant

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Hottentot's bread vine" is a kind of...):

    vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

    Meronyms (parts of "Hottentot's bread vine"):

    Hottentot's bread; Hottentot bread (thick edible rootstock of elephant's-foot)

    Holonyms ("Hottentot's bread vine" is a member of...):

    Dioscorea; genus Dioscorea (yams)

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