Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun elephant's-foot

2 senses of elephant's-foot

Sense 1
elephant's-foot, tortoise plant, Hottentot bread vine, Hottentot's bread vine, Dioscorea elephantipes -- (South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark)
       => vine -- (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Sense 2
elephant's-foot -- (any plant of the genus Elephantopus having heads of blue or purple flowers; America)
       => herb, herbaceous plant -- (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)