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KAFFIR BREAD

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 627 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KAFFIR

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BREAD  , in botany, the popular name for a
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species of Encephalartos (E. caffra), one of the cycads, a native of South Africa, so called from the farinaceous food-stuff which is found at the
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apex of the stem (Gr. iv, in, ice(/aaXit, head, and apros,
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bread) . It is a tree reaching nearly 20 ft. in height, with very stiff, spreading pinnate leaves 3 to 4 ft. long and recurving at the tip . The species of Encephalartos, which are natives of tropical and South Africa, form handsome greenhouse and conservatory
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plants; some species are effectively used in subtropical gardening in the summer months .

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