| 单词 | potato tuber |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspotato tuber potato tuber n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > potato potato root1583 potato1597 Irish potato1664 pratie1749 earth apple1750 Murphy1750 tater1759 tatie1788 tattiec1800 pomme de terrec1810 potato tuber1844 spud1845 nav1893 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 780 The Heart and Dart moth..also attack the potato-tuber. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 594 The potato tuber consists mainly of a mass of cells filled with starch and encircled by a thin corky rind. 1938 E. C. Miller Plant Physiol. (ed. 2) vi. 372 In the case of the potato tuber, the young stem removed only about 50 per cent of the minerals stored in the fresh tuber. 1994 Amateur Gardening 30 July 22/3 If you have bought only a small quantity of potato tubers, increase your output by cutting the larger ones..into two or three well-sprouted sections before planting. < as lemmas |
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