tortoise plant

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tortoise plant - South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark Dioscorea elephantipes, elephant's-foot, Hottentot bread vine, Hottentot's bread vine Dioscorea, genus Dioscorea - yams Hottentot bread, Hottentot's bread - thick edible rootstock of elephant's-foot vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface