| hottentot | 1. <ethnology> One of a degraded and savage race of South Africa, with yellowish brown complexion, high cheek bones, and wooly hair growing in tufts. 2. The language of the Hottentots, which is remarkable for its clicking sounds. <botany> Hottentot cherry See Elephant's foot, under Elephant. Origin: D. Hottentot; so called from hot and tot, two syllables of frequent occurrence in their language. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Hottentot tea | <botany> A South African shrub (Barosma) with small leaves that are dotted with oil dlands; also, the leaves themselves, which are used in medicine for diseases of the urinary organs, etc. Several species furnish the leaves. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hottentotism | A form of stammering. Origin: D. Fr. Hottentot, (D. Hateren to stammer, tateren to stutter), a people in South Africa named by the Dutch for the sounds of their speech (05 Mar 2000) |
| hottentot | any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa |
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| hottentot | thick edible rootstock of elephant's-foot |
| hottentot | South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark |
| hottentot | low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp |
| hottentot | thick edible rootstock of elephant's-foot |
| hottentot | South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark |
| hottentot | low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp |
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