kaffir bread: South African cycad; the farinaceous pith of the fruit used as food
cycad: any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales; having unbranched stems with a crown of fernlike leaves
static line: a cord used instead of a ripcord to open a parachute; the cord is attached at one end to the aircraft and temporarily attached to the pack of a parachute at the other; it opens the parachute after the jumper is clear of the plane