| 单词 | potato vine |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspotato vine potato vine n. (a) a potato plant, Solanum tuberosum; (b) any of several South or Central American climbing plants of the genus Solanum, esp. S. jasminoides and S. wendlandii, bearing blue or white flowers; (c) any of various South or Central American climbing plants of the genus Ipomoea, esp. (more fully sweet potato vine) that of the sweet potato, I. batatas. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > non-British climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > American or West Indian water withy1559 West Indian China-root1577 savannah flower1696 water withe1696 Spanish woodbine1731 potato vine1750 Indian grass1753 seven-year vine1756 tropaeolum1759 woodbine1760 water vine1774 canariensis1835 Philodendron1840 Monstera1858 twig-climber1900 money bush1924 potato creeper1925 sweetheart plant1963 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 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados iii. 85 The Potato-Vines, upon whose Roots the poor People chiefly subsist. 1774 P. V. Fithian Jrnl. 19 Sept. in Jrnl. & Lett. (1900) 257 I took a Walk thro' the Pumpkin & Potatoe Vines. 1870 Amer. Naturalist 3 92 The early frosts..nearly killed the potato vines. c1923 J. J. Taubenhaus Culture & Dis. Sweet Potato ix. 155 When an infected sweet potato vine is split lengthwise, the inside too will be brown to dark. 1971 B. Clark in E. L. Wardman Bermuda Jubilee Garden i. 6 There is a very wide selection to be made from..potato-vines (Solanum seaforthianum and S. wendlandii), and chalice-vines. 1977 P. Moyes To kill Coconut xv. 207 Henry was eating breakfast under an arbour of potato-vines and goat's foot. 1997 Jrnl. Japanese Stud. 23 118 He wanders through the jungle for several days and is on the verge of collapse when he is saved by the chance discovery of an abandoned plantation and its potato vines. potato vine potato vine n. see potato n. Compounds 2. < as lemmas |
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