English noun: elephant's-foot | |||
1. | elephant's-foot (plant) South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark | ||
Synonyms | Dioscorea elephantipes, Hottentot bread vine, Hottentot's bread vine, tortoise plant | ||
Broader (hypernym) | vine | ||
Part holonym | Hottentot bread, Hottentot's bread | ||
Member meronym | Dioscorea, genus Dioscorea | ||
2. | elephant's-foot (plant) any plant of the genus Elephantopus having heads of blue or purple flowers; America | ||
Broader (hypernym) | herb, herbaceous plant | ||
Member meronym | Elephantopus, genus Elephantopus | ||