单词 | cipper-nut |
释义 | † cipper-nutn. Obsolete rare. The Earth-nut. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > earth-nut or plant earthnutOE earth chestnut1578 cipper-nut1653 hog-nut1771 swine-bread1888 1653 N. Culpeper Eng. Physitian Enlarged 64 They are called Earth-Nuts, Earth-Chestnuts, Ground-Nuts, Cipper-Nuts, and we in Sussex call them Pig-nuts. 1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. III. 29 Old writers..called the tubers..Cipper-nuts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1653 |
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