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Noun elephant's-foot has 2 senses

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
--₁ is a kind of vine
--₁ is a member of Dioscorea, genus Dioscorea
--₁ has parts: Hottentot bread, Hottentot's bread
elephant's-foot - any plant of the genus Elephantopus having heads of blue or purple flowers; America
--₂ is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
--₂ is a member of Elephantopus, genus Elephantopus