Hottentot bread
(also Hottentot's bread)
noun
Any of several South African plants formerly used to produce a food resembling bread, especially elephant's foot, Dioscorea elephantipes (family Dioscoreaceae), a climbing plant related to the yam, having a starchy tuberous stem; (formerly also) †the root of the arum lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica, which is eaten by pigs in South Africa.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Guido Medley (fl. c1731). Originally after German †Hottentotts-Brod root of the arum lily.
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