Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A bookname for species of Elephantopus, of which the word is a translation.
- n. Testudinaria elephantipes, a plant of the natural order Dioscoreaceæ.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any plant of the genus Elephantopus having heads of blue or purple flowers; America.
- n. South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark
Examples
“Doing so would be somewhat like purchasing an elephant's-foot umbrella stand—just the thing for an eccentric friend but perhaps over-the-top as a run-of-the-mill housewarming gift.”
“She was sitting on a chair beside an elephant's-foot umbrella stand, pulling on a pair of black gum boots.”
“His elephant's-foot liquor chest sits in the living room, seen by no one but himself.”
“There was even a pair of elephant's-foot wastebaskets at opposite ends of the room.”
“The sound made by knocking over an elephant's-foot umbrella stand full of walking sticks.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘elephant's-foot’.
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FUN - fish can be...
Compound adjectives - based on the FAO ASFIS list of waterborne species.
arc-eye, U-mark, U-spot, X-ray, Y-prickleback, ox-eyed, big-claw, big-eye, big-eyed, big-head, big-lip, big-scale and 509 more...
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Ponderable Plant Names
List of plant names (common or scientific) that go trippingly off the tongue, are fun to contemplate, expose the wit of the namer, or just plain befuddle.
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