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What does elephantine mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word elephantine? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of elephants.
  2. Very large.
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And although I've always loved caladiums for their cool elephantine leaves, I resent their invasion in my view.
But they have an undeniable gentleness and elephantine beauty about them, with their hanging folds of skin and ponderous outlook on life.
The sandy beach at Chintheche is one of the best on the entire lakeshore, hemmed in by smooth, elephantine rocks.
He hasn't changed that recommendation, even though it's still unclear if the oilfields of Lake Albert really are of elephantine proportions.
The fruits are misshapen and unnatural looking, a kind of elephantine mutation of, say, cherries.
Grandma's elephantine ankles, mother's hypochondria, Grandpa's grubbiness, are all experienced as her own.

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