Hot"ten*tot (?), n. [D. Hottentot; -- so called from hot and tot, two syllables of frequent occurrence in their language. Wedgwood.]
1. Ethnol.
One of a degraded<-- "pastoral", in MW10 --> and savage race of South Africa, with yellowish brown complexion, high cheek bones, and wooly hair growing in tufts.
<-- = The tribes speaking Khoisan; Bushman(? any difference?) -->
2.
The language of the Hottentots, which is remarkable for its clicking sounds.
<-- = Khoisan -->
Hottentot cherry Bot., a South African plant of the genus Cassine (C. maurocenia), having handsome foliage, with generally inconspicuous white or green flowers. Loudon. -- Hottentot's bread. Bot. See Elephant's foot (a), under Elephant.
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