groundapple

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An apple that has fallen to the ground.
    — It was a chesol deer, tawny as the Plains grasses when they flowered. A number of other wolves – five, six – followed them; these carried groundapples in their mouths.
  2. An edible root or tuber, particularly, a potato or turnip. rare,regional
    — "Why, it is a ground-apple," and taking it from her he cut off a piece and put it in his mouth. In an instant, he cried: "You vixen! you knew that was Indian turnip - the most infernal thing that ever grew in a civilized country."

词形变化

groundapples plural ground-apple alternative ground apple alternative

词源

From ground + apple. Compare earthapple.
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