HOTTENTOT BREAD VINE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hottentot bread vine mean? 

• HOTTENTOT BREAD VINE (noun)
  The noun HOTTENTOT BREAD VINE has 1 sense:

1. South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark

  Familiarity information: HOTTENTOT BREAD VINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOTTENTOT BREAD VINE (noun)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("Hottentot 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 bread vine"):

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

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

Dioscorea; genus Dioscorea (yams)