| 单词 | red potato |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred potato red potato n. (a) any of several red-skinned varieties of potato, Solanum tuberosum; (also) the tubers of these plants; †(b) the sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas (obsolete rare). ΚΠ 1727 B. Langley New Princ. Gardening 71 The fourth Kind is the red Potatoe, with a rough Coat, the very best of any. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Potatoe I remember, about twenty-five years ago, the large red potato, then called the Castonian. 1819 D. B. Warden Statist., Polit. & Hist. Acct. U.S. I. 429 Red potatoe... Convolvulus batatas. 1895 W. J. Malden Potato 101 At the present time a red potato is very difficult to sell. 1928 C. E. Owens Princ. Plant Pathol. xi. 120 Red potatoes have been credited with being more resistant [to disease] than white-skinned varieties. 2001 Grand Forks (N. Dakota) Herald (Nexis) 28 Sept. 6 The wet weather softened the ground, allowing..farmers who grow red potatoes to harvest their crops without damaging the skins. < as lemmas |
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