earthapple

词形变化

earthapples 复数 earthapples

别名

earth apple earth-apple

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus).

  2. 2.

    A potato.

    罕用
  3. 3.

    The mandrake (Mandragora officinarum), or its fruit.

    历史
  4. 4.

    The name of various tuberous plants, especially sowbread (genus Cyclamen).

    废旧

词源

From earlier erth-apple (“tuberous root of the sowbread", also "tomato-like fruit of the mandrake”), from Middle English *erth-appel, from Old English eorþæppel (“cucumber”, literally “earth or ground-apple”), from Proto-West Germanic *erþapplu (the name of various types of fruits which grow on or below the ground; gourd, melon, squash), equivalent to earth + apple. The modern sense of "potato" is a calque of Dutch aardappel (“potato”). Compare also German Erdapfel, French pomme de terre.

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