Noun: Dioscorea elephantipes
- South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark
"The Dioscorea elephantipes's distinctive rootstock resembles an elephant's foot";
- elephant's-foot, tortoise plant, Hottentot bread vine, Hottentot's bread vine
Type of: vine
Part of: Dioscorea, genus Dioscorea
Encyclopedia: Dioscorea elephantipes