tortoise plant tortoise-paced • tortoise-rimmed · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · tortoise plant · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 14 · · Length 3 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark. Synonyms: elephant's-foot, tortoise plant, Hottentot bread vine, Hottentot's bread vine, Dioscorea elephantipes. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · elephant's-foot · · Synonym 1 hottentot bread vine · · Synonym 2 hottentot's bread vine · · Synonym 3 dioscorea elephantipes · · Synonym 4 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074