| 单词 | scotch grey oat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscotch grey oat Scotch grey n. †(a) a variety of potato with good keeping properties (obsolete); (b) (now rare) a variety of oat (also more fully † scotch grey oat); also in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > oats > oat plants pilcorn1283 aveyn1475 pillotes1551 pilled oats1578 naked oat1597 groats1669 pillez1764 oat1790 Scotch grey1798 turnip-oatsc1800 1798 J. Smith Gen. View Agric. Argyll vii. 88 The most common varieties of potato at present are, the Scotch-gray, the lady-white, and pink-eye. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 578 The blue oat..is suggested in Miller's Dictionary as the sort known to farmers under the title of Scotch Greys. 1848 Amer. Jrnl. Agric. & Sci. May 199 The Scotch Gray is an excellent potato, being heavy, firm, and not much inclined to decay. 1854 J. R. McCulloch Descr. & Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire (ed. 4) I. i. ii. 311 The old Scotch gray oat is the species most commonly cultivated. 1904 Jrnl. Dept. Agric. West. Austral. 9 448 Scotch Greys are very similar to the Red Skins, and they are regarded by many people as equal a cropper..to the latter. 1912 Exper. Station Rec. 1911 (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 25 636 In a test of 4 varieties of oats, Scotch Grey produced the highest yield, 18 bu. and 30 lbs. < as lemmas |
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