In a plant or a part of a plant. A bud, (now) esp. one on a potato. Also: a recess on a potato in which a bud forms.
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > potato > excrescence, bud, or fruit (9) eye?1440 In a plant or a part of a plant. A bud, (now) esp. one on a potato. Also: a recess on a potato in which a bud forms. potato apple1663 the poisonous fruit (a berry) of the potato plant, resembling a small green or yellow-green tomato. potato eye1733 a bud of a potato tuber: see eye, n.1 10b(a). eyehole1782 Originally English regional (northern and midlands). A recess on a potato in which a bud forms. Cf. eye, n.1 10b(a). potato bean1805 †(a) a bean-shaped tuberous excrescence at the base of a potato stem (obsolete rare); (b) the groundnut, Apios americana. potato ball1817 (a) Cookery (chiefly in plural) potato shaped into balls, esp. mashed potatoes mixed with milk and butter, rolled into balls, and fried; †(b)… seed ball1821 The fruit of a potato plant, a poisonous berry resembling a small green tomato; = potato apple n. at potato, n. compounds 2. Subcategories:— process of forming fruit (2) |
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