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

2. any plant of the genus Elephantopus having heads of blue or purple flowers; America

1.

a. : a plant of the genus Elephantopus

b. : a southern African vine (Dioscorea elephantipes) having a massive rootstock covered with a deeply fissured bark — called also tortoise plant; see hottentot bread

2. : a ram with a foot for holding the work to the block in a flanging machine

/el"euh feuhnts foot'/, n., pl. elephant's-foots.

a climbing vine, Dioscorea elephantipes, of southern Africa, having a massive, edible, yamlike tuber. Also called Hottentot's bread, tortoise plant.

[1810-20]

elˈephant's-foot noun

1. A plant (Testudinaria elephantipes), whose root-stock resembles an elephant's foot, eaten by the Khoikhoi

2. A tropical composite plant, Elephantopus (from the shape of its radical leaves)

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