释义 |
swan potato noun Etymology: alteration of swamp potato : a plant of the genus Sagittaria having tubers used as food: as a. : a common arrowhead (S. latifolia) of wet lands of the United States and southern Canada with starchy tubers once used extensively by the Indians b. : a similar common Old World arrowhead (S. sagittifolia) that is sometimes cultivated in Japan and China |