Definition of Tortoise plant

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


Lexicographical Neighbors of Tortoise Plant

tortilla chip
tortilla chips
tortillas
tortillon
tortillons
tortion
tortious
tortious interference
tortiously
tortipelvic
tortipelvis
tortive
tortness
tortoise-shell
tortoise plant (current term)
tortoise shell
tortoise shells
tortoiselike
tortoises
tortoiseshell-cat
tortoiseshell cat
tortoiseshell cats
tortoiseshell turtle
tortoiseshells
tortoni
tortonis
tortrices

Literary usage of Tortoise plant

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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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