English noun: tortoise plant | |||
1. | tortoise plant (plant) South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark | ||
Synonyms | Dioscorea elephantipes, elephant's-foot, Hottentot bread vine, Hottentot's bread vine | ||
Broader (hypernym) | vine | ||
Part holonym | Hottentot bread, Hottentot's bread | ||
Member meronym | Dioscorea, genus Dioscorea | ||