potato 音标拼音: [pət'et
, o]
n . 土豆,马铃薯
土豆,马铃薯
potato n 1 :
an edible tuber native to South America ;
a staple food of Ireland [
synonym : {
potato }, {
white potato }, {
Irish potato },
{
murphy }, {
spud }, {
tater }]
2 :
annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers ;
widely cultivated as a garden vegetable ;
vines are poisonous [
synonym : {
potato }, {
white potato }, {
white potato vine }, {
Solanum tuberosum }]
Potato \
Po *
ta "
to \,
n .;
pl . {
Potatoes }. [
Sp .
patata potato ,
batata sweet potato ,
from the native American name (
probably batata )
in Hayti .] (
Bot .)
(
a )
A plant ({
Solanum tuberosum })
of the Nightshade family ,
and its esculent farinaceous tuber ,
of which there are numerous varieties used for food .
It is native of South America ,
but a form of the species is found native as far north as New Mexico .
(
b )
The sweet potato (
see below ).
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Potato beetle }, {
Potato bug }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
A beetle ({
Doryphora decemlineata })
which feeds ,
both in the larval and adult stages ,
upon the leaves of the potato ,
often doing great damage .
Called also {
Colorado potato beetle },
and {
Doryphora }.
See {
Colorado beetle }.
(
b )
The {
Lema trilineata },
a smaller and more slender striped beetle which feeds upon the potato plant ,
bur does less injury than the preceding species .
{
Potato fly } (
Zool .),
any one of several species of blister beetles infesting the potato vine .
The black species ({
Lytta atrata }),
the striped ({
Lytta vittata }),
and the gray ({
Lytta Fabricii }
syn . {
Lytta cinerea })
are the most common .
See {
Blister beetle },
under {
Blister }.
{
Potato rot },
a disease of the tubers of the potato ,
supposed to be caused by a kind of mold ({
Peronospora infestans }),
which is first seen upon the leaves and stems .
{
Potato weevil } (
Zool .),
an American weevil ({
Baridius trinotatus })
whose larva lives in and kills the stalks of potato vines ,
often causing serious damage to the crop .
{
Potato whisky },
a strong ,
fiery liquor ,
having a hot ,
smoky taste ,
and rich in amyl alcohol (
fusel oil );
it is made from potatoes or potato starch .
{
Potato worm } (
Zool .),
the large green larva of a sphinx ,
or hawk moth ({
Macrosila quinquemaculata }); --
called also {
tomato worm }.
See Illust .
under {
Tomato }.
{
Seaside potato } (
Bot .), {
Ipom [
oe ]
a Pes -
Capr [
ae ]},
a kind of morning -
glory with rounded and emarginate or bilobed leaves . [
West Indies ]
{
Sweet potato } (
Bot .),
a climbing plant ({
Ipom [
oe ]
a Balatas })
allied to the morning -
glory .
Its farinaceous tubers have a sweetish taste ,
and are used ,
when cooked ,
for food .
It is probably a native of Brazil ,
but is cultivated extensively in the warmer parts of every continent ,
and even as far north as New Jersey .
The name potato was applied to this plant before it was to the {
Solanum tuberosum },
and this is the "
potato "
of the Southern United States .
{
Wild potato }. (
Bot .)
(
a )
A vine ({
Ipom [
oe ]
a pandurata })
having a pale purplish flower and an enormous root .
It is common in sandy places in the United States .
(
b )
A similar tropical American plant ({
Ipom [
oe ]
a fastigiata })
which it is thought may have been the original stock of the sweet potato .
[
1913 Webster ]
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "
potato ":
Irish potato ,
Kraut ,
aubergine ,
beans ,
cabbage ,
eggplant ,
greens ,
legumes ,
love apple ,
mad apple ,
pieplant ,
potherbs ,
produce ,
rhubarb ,
spud ,
tater ,
tomato ,
vegetables ,
white potato
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