单词 | root tuber |
释义 | > as lemmasroot tuber root tuber n. Botany an underground tuber: see tuber n.2 1a. ΚΠ 1806 B. M'Mahon Amer. Gardener's Cal. 640 This grass [sc. Cyperus esculentus] deserves to be cultivated, not principally on account of its foliage but of its root-tubers, which are..considered superior to chesnuts. 1888 G. Henslow Origin Floral Struct. xxv. 231 Ranunculus Ficaria..propagates itself by root-tubers and by aërial corms. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 425 Dig up an Early Purple Orchid and you find two root-tubers in which food is stored, a new, firm one, which is filling up for next year's growth, [and] an old, slack one. 2000 Daily Tel. 24 May 21/2 Extract of Devil's Claw (Harpagophytum procumbens), a South African root tuber, contains natural anti-inflammatory analgesics. < as lemmas |
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