earthapple
Noun
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Noun
earthapple (plural earthapples)
- (rare) A potato
- 1984, Thomas Jefferson, Merrill D. Peterson, Jefferson: Writings:
- The most probable account I have been able to collect is, that a vessel of Sir Walter Raleigh's, returning from Guiana, put into the west of Ireland in distress, having on board some potatoes which they called earth-apples.
- 2009, Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell, Edge Chronicles: Stormchaser:
- It was supper-time on board the Stormchaser, and the sky pirates were all seated round a longbench tucking into a meal of baked snowbird and earthapple mash.
- 1984, Thomas Jefferson, Merrill D. Peterson, Jefferson: Writings:
- The Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)
- (potato) ground pear
- (Jerusalem artichoke) ground pear
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