| 单词 | masu root |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmasu root A boreal plant, Hedysarum alpinum (family Fabaceae( Leguminosae)), whose sweetish root, which has a taste reminiscent of liquorice, is eaten as a vegetable by the Inuit of Alaska. Also masu root. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > other leguminous plants peaseOE vetchc1400 hatchet vetch1548 mock liquorice1548 scorpion's tail1548 ax-fitch1562 ax-seed1562 axwort1562 treacle clover1562 lady's finger1575 bird's-foot1578 goat's rue1578 horseshoe1578 caterpillar1597 kidney-vetch1597 horseshoe-vetch1640 goat rue1657 kidney-fetch1671 galega1685 stanch1726 scorpion senna1731 Dolichos1753 Sophora1753 partridge pea1787 bauhinia1790 coronilla1793 swamp pea-tree1796 Mysore thorn1814 devil's shoestring1817 pencil flower1817 rattlebox1817 Canavalia1828 milk plant1830 joint-vetch1836 milk pea1843 prairie clover1857 oxytrope1858 rattleweed1864 wart-herb1864 snail-flower1866 poison pea1884 masu1900 money bush1924 Townsville stylo1970 orange bird's-foot2007 1900 G. Stoney Naval Explor. Alaska 71 At camp that night the natives dug roots called mashoo, they were very succulent and tender, and later on formed my principal food. 1944 C. Helmerick We live in Alaska xiv. 160 The masu or species of knotweed which formed a sort of vegetable element in their meat diet. 1971 D. Pryde Nunaga (1972) xx. 216 The women sent the girls out..looking for masu roots. 1987 Theata 12 139 Masu is the root of a flowering plant on the tundra. It is called ‘Eskimo potato’ because it tastes like potatoes. We pick the root before the flower blooms. < as lemmas |
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