an odd-looking twining plant of the yam family (Dioscoreaceae), characterized by a large, woody, and partially exposed tuber. It is native to ...
[n] - South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark 2. [n] - any plant of the genus Elephantopus having heads of blue or purple flowers
Hottentot bread vine noun South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark
a climbing vine, Dioscorea elephantipes, of southern Africa, having a massive, edible, yamlike tuber. Also called