单词 | molasses face |
释义 | > as lemmasmolasses face molasses face n. U.S. regional a traditional North American cultivar of the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, whose white seeds have a dark yellow area around the hilum.Also called yellow-eye. ΚΠ 1931 U.P. Hedrick Veg. N.Y.: Beans iii. 85/1 The Improved Yellow Eye (or Molasses Face) is the variety most commonly called for in the Boston market. 1978 Wanigan Catal. 22 The yellow eye [sic] which have come to me are of three colour combinations... Look alikes in the collection are molasses face and skullcap. 1998 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. Sentinel (Nexis) 27 Dec. 3 I have to smile when I see beans such as Tongue of Fire, splashed with red, or Molasses Face, with a brown pattern around the eye. < as lemmas |
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