单词 | round potato |
释义 | > as lemmasround potato round potato n. (a) any of numerous varieties of potato ( Solanum tuberosum) having (more or less) spherical tubers; a potato of such a variety (cf. round n.1 12); (b) the potato Solanum tuberosum (potato n. 2), as distinct from the sweet potato (potato n. 1) (now rare). ΚΠ 1727 B. Langley New Princ. Gardening 71 The first is the white Kidney Potatoe, so called, in regard to its form... The second is the white round Potatoe. 1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia 68 The following were found in Virginia when first visited by the English... Maize. Zea mays. Round potatoes. Solanum tuberosum. 1807 New Encycl. XVIII. 220/2 Sets of the early round potato. 1837 Farmers' Reg. Mar. 698 The round potato is indiginous [sic] to this continent, although improperly called the Irish potato. 1863 Times 30 Nov. 6/2 The kidney and round potatoes form quite a show by themselves. 1911 Jrnl. Genetics 1 26 It is not improbable that..the allelomorphic pair to the character manifested in the ‘round’ potato is length of axis. 1913 C. Johnson Highways St. Lawrence to Virginia 209 The ‘white’ or ‘round’ potatoes as they called the Irish variety, were six inches high. 1994 L. N. Robertson Purchasing for Foodservice (ed. 2) xii. 99 Round potatoes have a high moisture content that accounts for their waxy appearance. 2007 Jackson (Mich.) Citizen Patriot (Nexis) 14 Sept. Toss onions, sweet potatoes, round potatoes, leeks, parsnips, celery root and squash with the olive oil in a very large mixing bowl. < as lemmas |
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