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Definition of Tortoise plant
1. Noun. South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark.
Exact synonyms: Dioscorea Elephantipes, Elephant's-foot, Hottentot Bread Vine, Hottentot's Bread Vine
Group relationships: Dioscorea, Genus Dioscorea
Terms within: Hottentot Bread, Hottentot's Bread
Generic synonyms: Vine
Group relationships: Dioscorea, Genus Dioscorea
Terms within: Hottentot Bread, Hottentot's Bread
Generic synonyms: Vine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tortoise Plant
Literary usage of Tortoise plant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1876)
"... climber for its pleasing foliage, and for its curious rootstock; this is
hemispherical or nearly globular, and sometimes 3 ft. in diam- tortoise plant ..."
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