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| Potagro | n. See Potargo. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Potato | 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.), Ipomœa Pes-Capræ, a kind of morning-glory with rounded and emarginate or bilobed leaves. [ West Indies ] --
Sweet potato (Bot.), a climbing plant (Ipomœa 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 (Ipomœa 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 (Ipomœa fastigiata) which it is thought may have been the original stock of the sweet potato. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Potator | n. [ L. ] A drinker. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Potatory | a. [ L. potatorius, from potare to drink. ] Of or pertaining to drinking. Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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| | | | | | Potato Potato | [โพเทโท่ โพทาโท่] (slang) เหมือนๆกัน เป็นสำนวนของภาษาอังกฤษที่เล่นกับการออกเสียง Potato ทั้งสองคำจะอ่านต่างกัน (เสียง แอ กับเสียง อา) ซึ่งทั้งสองล้วนแปลว่า มันฝรั่ง เหมือนกัน, Syn. Same |
| | | | มันฝรั่ง | (n) potato, See also: Solanum tuberosum Linn., Example: ของขบเคี้ยวส่วนมากเป็นของทอด เช่น มันฝรั่งทอด ข้าวโพดอบเนย เป็นต้น, Count Unit: หัว, Thai Definition: ชื่อมันชนิด Solanum tuberosum Linn. ในวงศ์ Solanaceae ตาที่กำลังงอกจากหัวเป็นพิษ |
| | มันฝรั่ง | [man farang] (n) EN: potato FR: pomme de terre [ f ] ; patate [ f ] |
| | | | potato | (n) an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland, Syn. murphy, tater, spud, Irish potato, white potato | | potato | (n) annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous, Syn. white potato vine, white potato, Solanum tuberosum | | potato blight | (n) a blight of potatoes, Syn. potato murrain, potato mold, potato disease, potato mildew | | potato fern | (n) large Australasian evergreen fern with an edible rhizome sometimes used as a vegetable by indigenous people, Syn. Marattia salicina | | potato fern | (n) small epiphytic fern of South America with tuberous swellings along rhizomes, Syn. Solanopteris bifrons | | potato fungus | (n) fungus causing a disease in potatoes characterized by black scurfy spots on the tubers, Syn. Pellicularia filamentosa, Rhizoctinia solani | | potato mosaic | (n) a disease of the leaves of potato plants | | potato moth | (n) greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm, Syn. potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella, splitworm | | potato pancake | (n) made of grated potato and egg with a little flour, Syn. latke | | potato race | (n) a novelty race in which competitors move potatoes from one place to another one at a time |
| | Potato | 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.), Ipomœa Pes-Capræ, a kind of morning-glory with rounded and emarginate or bilobed leaves. [ West Indies ] --
Sweet potato (Bot.), a climbing plant (Ipomœa 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 (Ipomœa 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 (Ipomœa fastigiata) which it is thought may have been the original stock of the sweet potato. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Potator | n. [ L. ] A drinker. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Potatory | a. [ L. potatorius, from potare to drink. ] Of or pertaining to drinking. Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | 土豆 | [tǔ dòu, ㄊㄨˇ ㄉㄡˋ, 土 豆] potato #6,543 [Add to Longdo] | | 薯 | [shǔ, ㄕㄨˇ, 薯] potato; yam #8,594 [Add to Longdo] | | 马铃薯 | [mǎ líng shǔ, ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄨˇ, 马 铃 薯 / 馬 鈴 薯] potato #17,312 [Add to Longdo] | | 洋芋 | [yáng yù, ㄧㄤˊ ㄩˋ, 洋 芋] potato #35,353 [Add to Longdo] | | 藷 | [shǔ, ㄕㄨˇ, 藷] potato; yam #621,753 [Add to Longdo] |
| | | 男爵 | [だんしゃく, danshaku] (n, adj-no) (1) (See 五等爵) baron; (2) (See 男爵芋) Irish cobbler (variety of potato); (P) #2,658 [Add to Longdo] | | 薩摩 | [さつま, satsuma] (n) (1) Satsuma (ancient province located in present-day Kagoshima prefecture); (2) (abbr) (See 薩摩芋・さつまいも) sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) #4,863 [Add to Longdo] | | 芋(P);薯;藷 | [いも, imo] (n) (1) tuber; taro; potato; (2) (derog) yokel; bumpkin; (P) #15,578 [Add to Longdo] | | じゃが芋(P);ジャガ芋(P);馬鈴薯 | [じゃがいも(じゃが芋;馬鈴薯)(P);ジャガいも(ジャガ芋)(P);ジャガイモ;ばれいしょ(馬鈴薯)(P), jagaimo ( jaga imo ; bareisho )(P); jaga imo ( jaga imo )(P); jagaimo ; bareisho ( ] (n) (uk) (See ジャガタラ芋) potato (Solanum tuberosum); (P) [Add to Longdo] | | つる返し;蔓返し | [つるがえし, tsurugaeshi] (n) (uk) digging up, removing sprouts from, and replanting tubers (esp. of the sweet potato) to make for a bigger end product [Add to Longdo] | | カウチポテト | [kauchipoteto] (n) couch potato; television addict; (P) [Add to Longdo] | | カリカリ;かりかり | [karikari ; karikari] (adj-na, adv-to, adv, vs) (1) (on-mim) (See こりこり・1) crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; (adv-to, adv, vs) (2) (on-mim) grumpily; touchily; edgily; irritably [Add to Longdo] | | コロラド葉虫 | [コロラドはむし;コロラドハムシ, kororado hamushi ; kororadohamushi] (n) (uk) Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) [Add to Longdo] | | ジャガタラ芋;ジャガタラ薯 | [ジャガタラいも;ジャガタライモ, jagatara imo ; jagataraimo] (n) (uk) (See ジャガ芋) potato (Solanum tuberosum) (lit [Add to Longdo] | | スイートポテト | [sui-topoteto] (n) sweet potato [Add to Longdo] |
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