单词 | root-alcohol |
释义 | > as lemmasroot-alcohol root-alcohol n. now rare alcohol produced by fermenting roots and tubers. ΚΠ 1883 R. Haldane Workshop Receipts 2nd Ser. 11/2 Root-alcohol.—A number of roots and tubers..have been availed of for the manufacture of alcohol. 1895 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Gaz. 1 Aug. 3/2 Root alcohol is six times more poisonous than wine alcohol. 1908 J. Macdonald Stephens' Bk. Farm (rev. ed.) II. iv. 403 In the production of root-alcohol, from potatoes, turnips, sugar-beet, and other green crops, British farmers could compete..against petroleum. < as lemmas |
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