| slovo | definícia |
potato
(mass) | potato
- zemiak |
potato
(encz) | potato,brambor n: Zdeněk Brož |
potato
(encz) | potato,brambora n: |
potato
(encz) | potato,bramborový adj: |
Potato
(gcide) | 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).
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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.
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potato
(wn) | potato
n 1: an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of
Ireland [syn: 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 [syn: potato, {white
potato}, white potato vine, Solanum tuberosum] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
potato
(mass) | potato
- zemiak |
potato pancake
(mass) | potato pancake
- zemiakové placky |
potato puree
(mass) | potato puree
- kaša |
a sack of potatoes
(encz) | a sack of potatoes,pytel brambor Pavel Cvrček |
baked potato
(encz) | baked potato,pečený brambor n: Pajosh |
couch potato
(encz) | couch potato,osoba sledující často televizi Zdeněk Brož |
croquette potatoes
(encz) | croquette potatoes,krokety |
drop him like a hot potato
(encz) | drop him like a hot potato, |
french-fried potatoes
(encz) | french-fried potatoes, n: |
giant potato creeper
(encz) | giant potato creeper, n: |
home-fried potatoes
(encz) | home-fried potatoes, n: |
hot potato
(encz) | hot potato,prekérní situace Zdeněk Brož |
indian potato
(encz) | Indian potato, |
irish potato
(encz) | Irish potato, |
little potato
(encz) | little potato, n: |
mashed potato
(encz) | mashed potato,bramborová kaše |
meat and potatoes
(encz) | meat and potatoes, n: |
potato
(encz) | potato,brambor n: Zdeněk Brožpotato,brambora n: potato,bramborový adj: |
potato bean
(encz) | potato bean, n: |
potato beetle
(encz) | potato beetle, n: |
potato blight
(encz) | potato blight, n: |
potato bug
(encz) | potato bug, n: |
potato chip
(encz) | potato chip, |
potato crisps
(encz) | potato crisps,brambůrky potato crisps,čipsy |
potato disease
(encz) | potato disease, n: |
potato family
(encz) | potato family, n: |
potato fern
(encz) | potato fern, n: |
potato fungus
(encz) | potato fungus, n: |
potato mildew
(encz) | potato mildew, n: |
potato mold
(encz) | potato mold, n: |
potato mosaic
(encz) | potato mosaic, n: |
potato moth
(encz) | potato moth, n: |
potato murrain
(encz) | potato murrain, n: |
potato nose
(encz) | potato nose, n: |
potato pancake
(encz) | potato pancake,bramborák |
potato peel
(encz) | potato peel, n: |
potato peelings
(encz) | potato peelings, n: |
potato puree
(encz) | potato puree,bramborová kaše potato puree,kaše bramborová |
potato race
(encz) | potato race, n: |
potato sack
(encz) | potato sack, |
potato salad
(encz) | potato salad,bramborový salát |
potato scab bacteria
(encz) | potato scab bacteria, n: |
potato skin
(encz) | potato skin, n: |
potato tree
(encz) | potato tree, n: |
potato tuber moth
(encz) | potato tuber moth, n: |
potato tuberworm
(encz) | potato tuberworm, n: |
potato vine
(encz) | potato vine, n: |
potato wart
(encz) | potato wart, n: |
potato wart fungus
(encz) | potato wart fungus, n: |
potato worm
(encz) | potato worm, n: |
potato yellow dwarf
(encz) | potato yellow dwarf, n: |
potato yellow-dwarf virus
(encz) | potato yellow-dwarf virus, n: |
potatoes
(encz) | potatoes,brambory n: pl. |
shoestring potatoes
(encz) | shoestring potatoes, |
small potatoes
(encz) | small potatoes,malá ryba n: Zdeněk Brož |
sweet potato
(encz) | sweet potato, |
sweet potato vine
(encz) | sweet potato vine, n: |
sweet potatoes
(encz) | sweet potatoes,batáty n: pl. Jirka Daněksweet potatoes,sladké brambory n: pl. Jirka Daněk |
sweet-potato ring rot
(encz) | sweet-potato ring rot, n: |
sweet-potato whitefly
(encz) | sweet-potato whitefly, n: |
telingo potato
(encz) | telingo potato, n: |
white potato
(encz) | white potato, n: |
white potato vine
(encz) | white potato vine, n: |
wild potato
(encz) | wild potato, n: |
wild potato vine
(encz) | wild potato vine, n: |
wild sweet potato vine
(encz) | wild sweet potato vine, n: |
yellow dwarf of potato
(encz) | yellow dwarf of potato, n: |
Chat potatoes
(gcide) | Chat \Chat\, n.
1. A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit.
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2. pl. (Mining) Small stones with ore.
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Chat potatoes, small potatoes, such as are given to swine.
[Local.]
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Colorado potato beetle
(gcide) | 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).
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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.
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Compotator
(gcide) | Compotator \Com"po*ta`tor\, n. [L.]
One who drinks with another. [R.] --Pope.
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french-fried potatoes
(gcide) | french fries \french fries\ french-fried potatoes \french-fried
potatoes\ n. pl.
Strips of potatoes, usually cut with a rectangular
cross-section, cooked by immersing in hot fat or oil.
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Irish potato
(gcide) | Irish \I"rish\, a. [AS. [imac]risc, fr. [imac]ras the Irish. Cf.
Aryan, Erse.]
Of or pertaining to Ireland or to its inhabitants; produced
in Ireland.
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Irish elk. (Zool.) See under Elk.
Irish moss.
(a) (Bot.) Carrageen.
(b) A preparation of the same made into a blanc mange.
Irish poplin. See Poplin.
Irish potato, the ordinary white potato, so called because
it is a favorite article of food in Ireland.
Irish reef, or Irishman's reef (Naut.), the head of a
sail tied up.
Irish stew, meat, potatoes, and onions, cut in small pieces
and stewed.
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mashed potato
(gcide) | mashed potato \mashed potato\, n.
the name of a dance, briefly popular in the 1960's.
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mashed potatoes
(gcide) | mashed potatoes \mashed potatoes\, n. pl.
Potatoes which have been boiled and mashed to a pulpy
consistency, usu. with sparing addition of milk, salt,
butter, or other flavoring. It is a popular accompaniment to
a meat course [U.S., 1900's], providing bulk and calories to
a meal.
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Odonestis potatoria
(gcide) | Drinker \Drink"er\, n.
One who drinks; as, the effects of tea on the drinker; also,
one who drinks spirituous liquors to excess; a drunkard.
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Drinker moth (Zool.), a large British moth ({Odonestis
potatoria}).
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Potato beetle
(gcide) | 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]Colorado beetle \Col`o*ra"do bee"tle\ (Zool.)
A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten
longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated
eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very
destructive to the potato plant; -- called also {potato
beetle} and potato bug. See Potato beetle.
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