单词 | camote |
释义 | camoten. A name in Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries for any one of several tuber-bearing plants, e.g. the sweet potato and yam. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > sweet potato potato1565 batata1577 potato root1583 Spanish potato1599 red batata1696 Virginia potato1715 sweet potato1750 yam1753 kumara1773 boniato1800 camote1842 Carolina potato1848 Carolina1884 mickey1936 kau kau1937 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > sweet potato batata1577 potato root1583 red batata1696 sweet potato1750 yam1753 kumara1773 camote1842 Carolina1884 1842 ‘A. T. Myrthe’ Ambrosio de Letinez I. 143 This is not a good country for praties, no how—save for the swate ones, that the Mexican people call camotes. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 751/1 Sweet potatoes (camote)..are pretty generally known [in the Philippines]. 1909 Teachers' Assembly Herald II. 44/2 [To] relieve the Igorot girls from their laborious toil in the camote patch. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1842 |
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