| 单词 | vegetable oyster |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvegetable oyster vegetable oyster n. now chiefly historical any of several plants with edible roots considered to taste like oysters; = oyster plant n. 2. 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 > salsify goat's beardc1400 bucks-beard1551 salsify1706 vegetable oyster1806 oyster plant1812 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > black salsify scorzoner1597 viper's grass1597 scorzonera1629 black salsify1699 vegetable oyster1806 Spanish viper's grass1852 viper's plant1884 1806 B. M'Mahon Amer. Gardener's Cal. 315 Salsafy..Some have carried their fondness for it so far, as to call it a vegetable oyster. 1882 Garden 11 Nov. 425/3 Salsafy and Scorzonera. Those fond of using pet names often call one or other of these the..‘vegetable oyster’. 1906 J. S. Newman Southern Gardener's Pract. Man. ii. 66 In this garden there are now ready for use, salsify or vegetable oyster, young fall-sown beets, [etc.]. 2010 A. Chesman Recipes from Root Cellar 31/1 It [sc. salsify] used to be called oyster plant or vegetable oyster, because of a slight resemblance to oysters in flavour (very slight). < as lemmas |
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