What is the meaning of elephant's-foot?

South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark.
- synonyms: tortoise plant, Hottentot bread vine, Hottentot's bread vine, Dioscorea elephantipes
Any plant of the genus Elephantopus having heads of blue or purple flowers; America. .

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