单词 | tannia |
释义 | tanniataniertanniern. A species of Caladium or Xanthosoma ( X. sagittifolium), N.O. Araceæ, cultivated in Brazil, the West Indies, and tropical Africa, for its farinaceous tuberous root; it is closely allied to the eddoes n. ΘΚΠ 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 > 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 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. 1310 There are certaine Taiaobas, that are like Cabiges.] 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 332 The purple Cocco, and Tannier. 1767 Bartram's Jrnl. 64 in W. Stork Acct. E. Florida (ed. 2) Breakfasted on a mess of tanniers, a species of eddo. 1792 M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 84 The arum virginiana, or tannier, and the arum esculentum, or eddoe, are two excellent farinaceous vegetables. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. vi. 201 His patch of provision-ground..gives him..yam, tania, cassava, and fruit, too. 1898 L. Crookall Brit. Guiana vi. 83 Then there are white yams and buck yams,..tannias and eddoes. 1953 Caribbean Q. 3 ii. 103 In 1811, Charles Edmonson..reported..: ‘The quantity of rice the Bush Negroes have just rising out of the ground is very considerable independent of yams, tannias, plantains, tobacco, &c.’ 1955 Caribbean Q. 4 ii. 112 Grated tannia fritters..fried in deep fat on a coalpot. 1968 J. W. Purseglove Trop. Crops II. 587 Some..also provide temporary lateral shade, as do Xanthosoma spp. (tannias), Colocasia spp. (dasheen and eddoes). 1979 West Africa 8 Jan. 51/1 In Cameroon..the other, tannia sort [of cocoyam] is called macabo. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1756 |
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