| 单词 | white potato |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite potato white potato n. (a) a tuber of the plant Solanum tuberosum, or the plant itself (see potato n. 2) (chiefly U.S.); (b) a white-skinned variety of S. tuberosum. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > potato > potato plant potato1597 skirret of Peru1597 Irish potato1664 white potato1723 Virginian potato1731 potato plant1744 potato vine1750 lady's finger1827 peach-blow1861 Chilean potato1870 1723 R. Smith Court Cookery ii. 34 Take two Pound of white potatoes, boil and peel them, and beat them in a Mortar. 1788 J. Hazard in Lett. & Papers Agric. IV. 33 September 5th. At this time the stems of the white potatoes were beginning to fade..Red potatoes just past the blossom. 1809 R. Kerr Gen. View Agric. County of Berwick 291 The long kidney shaped white potatoe, with a dash of red at one end, called red-nebs, or red-nosed kidneys. 1901 Boston Morning Jrnl. 8/1 The white potato, called Irish,..did not become general until after 1800. 1949 Misc. Publ. (U.S. Dept. Agric.) No. 682 34 Varietal items mentioned in reply to the question: ‘what are the most important things you look for in buying potatoes?’... Idaho potatoes..White potatoes, general... Red potatoes, general... Irish cobbers... California potatoes... [etc.] 1992 A. Waters Fanny at Chez Panisse 87 Besides red and white potatoes and the big dusty looking ones called russets that people usually bake, there are purple ones and long yellow ones that look like knobby fingers (called fingerlings). 2002 C. Slaughter Before Knife (2003) vi. 104 We had a very good garden, with Cape gooseberries,..white potatoes and fat tomatoes. < as lemmas |
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