| 单词 | breadroot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbreadroot breadroot n. any of several North American leguminous plants of the genera Pediomelum and Psoralea which typically have edible tubers or bulbs traditionally used as a source of food by some North American Indian peoples (esp. Plains Indians); spec. the prairie turnip, Psoralea esculenta; (also) the root of such a plant.In quot. 1756: (perhaps) taro, Colocasia esculenta. 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 1756 Compend. Authentic & Entertaining Voy. I. 21 Great part of the land was cultivated and bore, besides the bread-root, and a sort of beans, a kind of grain called maiz, of which was made a very well tasted flour. 1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 94/2 P. esculenta, the bread-root of North America, is cultivated along the banks of the Missouri. 1965 M. P. Strachan Hop Ranch Myst. xv. 125 There was fried eel, salmon, venison, corn on the cob, bitterroot, camas, Oregon breadroot and other roots and tubers. 2007 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 22 Apr. (@Issue section) 3 c The discoveries in Georgia..include..a new blue-flowered legume, the Dixie Mountain breadroot, found last year near Augusta. < as lemmas |
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