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‖ ˈkumara N.Z.
Also kumera.
[Maori name.]
The sweet potato, Ipomæa batatas.
1773S. Parkinson Jrnl. S. Seas in Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. X. ix. 124 (Morris) Several canoes came alongside..of whom we got some fish, kumeras or sweet potatoes, and several other things. 1851H. R. Richmond Jrnl. 23 Feb. in Richmond—Atkinson Papers (1960) I. ii. 88 There was nothing else to help ourselves to except kumara or sweet potato, in appearance like long thin potatoes, in taste like boiled chesnuts. 1884Bracken Lays of Maori 18 Some more dainty toothsome dish Than the kumera and fish. 1900Blackw. Mag. Feb. 231 A great pie-dish full of kumaras. 1905W. B. Where White Man Treads 2 Parklands, blurred and dotted with plantations of kumara. 1934Bulletin (Sydney) 26 Sept. 20/1 The supplies of pig, eel, shark and kumara were unlimited. 1936[see kit n.11]. 1955N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. July 55/1 Most home gardeners purchase their kumara plants from seedsmen. 1971N.Z. Listener 16 Aug. 54/4 Be careful with the kumara... Its energy value is twice that of the potato. |