Definition of Encephalartos caffer

1. Noun. South African cycad; the farinaceous pith of the fruit used as food.

Exact synonyms: Kaffir Bread
Generic synonyms: Cycad
Group relationships: Genus Encephalartos

Lexicographical Neighbors of Encephalartos Caffer

Empsonian
Empty Quiver
Emsworth
Emu novaehollandiae
Emydidae
En-lil
Enawene Nawe
Enbrel
Enceladan
Enceladean
Enceladus
Encelia
Encelia farinosa
Enceliopsis
Enceliopsis nudicaulis
Encephalartos caffer (current term)
Encephalitozoon hellum
Encratite
Encratites
Encyclia
Encyclia citrina
Encyclia tampensis
Encyclia venosa
End of Cycle
End of Cycles
Endamoeba
Endamoeba histolytica
Endamoebidae
Endecott

Literary usage of Encephalartos caffer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Cycads by Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1919)
"In this region I wanted to study Encephalartos caffer and E. horridus. No South African cycad causes more disagreement among local botanists than ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... the edible spongy pith of the stems and cones of any of several species of cycads (qv) growing in South Africa, especially Encephalartos caffer. ..."

3. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London by Linnean Society of London (1855)
"... with portions of the Cone itself, of Encephalartos caffer, which ripened at Chatsworth in 1848 ; together with Nuts of E. Caffer and E. horridus, ..."

4. Journal of the International Garden Club by International Garden Club (1918)
"For example Encephalartos caffer produced two leaves only during 1915, the following September 1916 two large cones appeared, ripening and shedding its ..."

5. Travels in the Interior of South Africa: Comprising Fifteen Years' Hunting by James Chapman (1868)
"By the edges of ravines and among rocks is found the Encephalartos caffer, the stem of which, marked with the scars of the fallen fronds of many years and ..."

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