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

potato apple n. the poisonous fruit (a berry) of the potato plant, resembling a small green or yellow-green tomato. The apparent former use of potato berries as a food is difficult to account for if the content of toxic alkaloids was like that of the modern cultivar. In the case of quot. 1663, the broader context permits the (somewhat implausible) interpretation of the ‘fruit’ as referring to the tubers.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > potato > excrescence, bud, or fruit

eye?1440

potato apple1663

potato eye1733

eyehole1782

potato bean1805

potato ball1817

seed ball1821

1663 R. Boyle Corr. (2001) II. 72 The branch will bringe forth fruit which wee call the potato Apple, they are very good to pickle for winter sallets.

1798 N.Y. State Soc. Arts 1 261 I gathered what are commonly called the potatoe-apples, when they were fully ripe.

1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. p. v We are ourselves curious in the fabrication of a salad,..but have never yet screwed up our courage to plunge a green potato-apple into the bowl.

1878 tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. XVII. 690 A girl of fourteen died from eating green potato-apples.

1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 18 Oct. 431/2 A section of the ‘potato apple’ is like that of the tomato.

2003 Irish Times (Nexis) 15 Feb. (Mag.) 82 Although potato tubers are fine things to eat, the fruits that sometimes form on the plants—known as ‘potato apples’—contain toxic alkaloids.

单词	potato apple
释义	> as lemmas potato apple potato apple n. the poisonous fruit (a berry) of the potato plant, resembling a small green or yellow-green tomato. The apparent former use of potato berries as a food is difficult to account for if the content of toxic alkaloids was like that of the modern cultivar. In the case of quot. 1663, the broader context permits the (somewhat implausible) interpretation of the ‘fruit’ as referring to the tubers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > potato > excrescence, bud, or fruit eye?1440 potato apple1663 potato eye1733 eyehole1782 potato bean1805 potato ball1817 seed ball1821 1663 R. Boyle Corr. (2001) II. 72 The branch will bringe forth fruit which wee call the potato Apple, they are very good to pickle for winter sallets. 1798 N.Y. State Soc. Arts 1 261 I gathered what are commonly called the potatoe-apples, when they were fully ripe. 1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. p. v We are ourselves curious in the fabrication of a salad,..but have never yet screwed up our courage to plunge a green potato-apple into the bowl. 1878 tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. XVII. 690 A girl of fourteen died from eating green potato-apples. 1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 18 Oct. 431/2 A section of the ‘potato apple’ is like that of the tomato. 2003 Irish Times (Nexis) 15 Feb. (Mag.) 82 Although potato tubers are fine things to eat, the fruits that sometimes form on the plants—known as ‘potato apples’—contain toxic alkaloids. extracted from potaton. < as lemmas
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