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elephant's-foot

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elephant's-foot: see yam yam, common name for some members of the Dioscoreaceae, a family of tropical and subtropical climbing herbs or shrubs with starchy rhizomes often cultivated for food. The largest genus, Dioscorea, is commercially important in East Asia and in tropical America.
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Picture a succulent elephant's-foot trunk base with many branches criss-crossing away from it.
GARDENING : SAMPLING SUCCULENT WONDERS OF SAN MARINO by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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