英语词汇“african potato”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

African potato n. (a) any of various African plants with edible starchy tubers, as yam and cassava; (also) the tubers themselves (now rare); (b) a perennial plant, Hypoxis hemerocallidea (family Hypoxidaceae), native to South Africa, with yellow flowers, strap-like leaves, and a root which is used in herbal medicine, esp. in the treatment of disorders of the immune system.

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1841 Farmer’s Reg. 31 Jan. 2/2 (heading) Description of the African potato.

1847 Afr. Repository & Colonial Jrnl. June 179 The African potato, or cassada, grows for two years.

1902 Seychelles: Rep. 1901 Colonial Rep. 54 This plant [sc. Plectranthus rotundifolius]..of Abyssinia, has been called the African potato, and is much preferred by Europeans to the sweet potato.

1998 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 25 Sept. (News) a10 Mr. Liebenberg's mother..had heard from traditional African healers that an extract from the African potato might help.

2008 B. Goldacre Bad Sci. (2010) viii. 138 One study on African potato in HIV had to be terminated prematurely, because the patients..developed severe bone marrow suppression.

单词	african potato
释义	> as lemmas African potato African potato n. (a) any of various African plants with edible starchy tubers, as yam and cassava; (also) the tubers themselves (now rare); (b) a perennial plant, Hypoxis hemerocallidea (family Hypoxidaceae), native to South Africa, with yellow flowers, strap-like leaves, and a root which is used in herbal medicine, esp. in the treatment of disorders of the immune system. ΚΠ 1841 Farmer’s Reg. 31 Jan. 2/2 (heading) Description of the African potato. 1847 Afr. Repository & Colonial Jrnl. June 179 The African potato, or cassada, grows for two years. 1902 Seychelles: Rep. 1901 Colonial Rep. 54 This plant [sc. Plectranthus rotundifolius]..of Abyssinia, has been called the African potato, and is much preferred by Europeans to the sweet potato. 1998 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 25 Sept. (News) a10 Mr. Liebenberg's mother..had heard from traditional African healers that an extract from the African potato might help. 2008 B. Goldacre Bad Sci. (2010) viii. 138 One study on African potato in HIV had to be terminated prematurely, because the patients..developed severe bone marrow suppression. extracted from Africann.adj. < as lemmas
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