kaffir bread

kaffir bread
noun
South African cycad; the farinaceous pith of the fruit used as food
Hypernyms: ↑cycad
Member Holonyms: ↑genus Encephalartos

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized K
1. : the farinaceous pith of the fruit of a plant of the genus Encephalartos (especially E. caffer) used as food in southern Africa
2. : a plant that bears Kaffir bread

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kaffir bread noun
The pith of South African cycads (genus Encephalartos)
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Main Entry:Kaffir

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