Ĕl'e-phant's-foot, n.
n. (Bot.) (a.) A tropical plant of several species of the genus Elephantopus; — receiving its name from some resemblance between the radical leaves and an elephant's foot. (b.) A species of the genus Testudinaria (T. elephantipes), of the Cape of Good Hope; — called also Hottentot's bread. Its shortened and thickened stem is thought to resemble an elephant's foot.
Elephant paper, drawing paper, of the largest size, being twenty-eight inches by twenty-three.