单词 | oak potato |
释义 | > as lemmasoak potato oak potato n. (more fully oak potato gall) a kind of oak gall which often resembles a potato in shape. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Oak potato, a gall produced on the twigs of white oaks in the United States by Cynips quercus-batatus: so called from its resemblance to a potato. 1925 Amer. Midland Naturalist 9 526 Neuroterus batatus Fitch—Oak Potato Gall on twigs of Quercus alba. 1985 Insects Eastern Forests (U.S. Dept. Agric. Forest Service Misc. Publ. 1426) 424 Neuroterus quercusbatatus (Fitch), the oak potato gall.., occurs from Ontario and Rhode Island to Florida and west to Illinois on white oaks. < as lemmas |
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