单词 | air potato |
释义 | > as lemmasair potato air potato n. a type of yam, Dioscorea bulbifera, which forms edible potato-like bulbils in its leaf axils, and is sometimes cultivated for ornament or (esp. in West Africa) as a food crop, but in some areas is considered an invasive weed. ΚΠ 1895 A. Gray & W. W. Bailey Field, Forest, & Garden Bot. (rev. ed.) 431 Air potato... Somewhat cult. in Gulf States for the large angular gray tubers. 1914 W. C. McCollom Vines 94 A species that is sometimes grown as a curiosity is the air potato. 1993 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 5 Nov. b6/5 Ever hear of an ‘Air Potato?’ There is such a thing..and it produces tubers on the foliage. < as lemmas |
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