单词 | biscuitroot |
释义 | > as lemmasbiscuitroot biscuitroot n. North American any of various North American plants having starchy edible roots, esp. of the genera Camassia (family Asparagaceae) and Lomatium (family Apiaceae); (also) the root of such a plant.cous biscuitroot: see cous n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > quamash root bread1757 camas1805 biscuitroot1837 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > other root vegetables skirret1338 pease earthnut1548 skirret-root1565 rampion1573 Tragopogon1578 oca1604 tuckahoe1612 groundnut1636 sedge-root1648 breadroot1756 tannia1756 rush nut1783 wapato1796 cous1806 vegetable oyster1806 prairie turnip1811 prairie potato1828 murnong1836 Tartarian bread1836 biscuitroot1837 yam-bean1864 tiger-nut1887 wasabi1903 ramp1946 sunchoke1955 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > quamash root bread1757 camas1805 biscuitroot1837 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > other root vegetables or plants producing them skirret-root1565 Spanish nut1597 oca1604 tuckahoe1612 sisyrinchium1629 sedge-root1648 arrowroot1681 breadroot1756 tannia1756 rush nut1783 wapato1796 cous1806 prairie turnip1811 prairie potato1828 native potato1833 murnong1836 Tartarian bread1836 biscuitroot1837 tobacco-root1845 amadumbi1851 chufa1860 yam-bean1864 parsnip chervil1866 tiger-nut1887 yautia1899 wasabi1903 1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville III. i. 9 The cowish, also, or biscuit root, about the size of a walnut, which they reduce to a very palatable flour. 1953 Herald Jrnl. (Logan, Utah) 29 July 10/2 Biscuitroot is a weed especially menacing to dry farms, since it grows early in the spring and thus robs the wheat crop of valuable moisture. 2002 P. Nabokov & L. Loendorf Amer. Indians & Yellowstone National Park iii. 143/1 There are multiple species and subspecies of plants like bitterroot (Lewisia rediviva),..biscuitroot (Lomatium sp.),..and tobacco-root (Valeriana sp.) that could have been important sources of food. < as lemmas |
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