Meaning of potatoe | Babel Free

Definitions

Obsolete spelling of potato.

alt-of, obsolete

Examples

“Mr. Hyett submitted to the meeting the following account of a series of experiments which he had tried upon the cultivation of the potatoe during the season just ended[…]”

“The Potatoe now in use, (Solanum tuberosum,) was brought to England by the Colonists sent out by Sir Walter Raleigh[…]”

“The potatoe plant in a state of health contains several ingredients, the most important of which are starch, albumen, and solanine.”

“On Tuesday, the 7th of August, about six, P.M., I was summoned to attend Miss M. E. H., aged 14, the messenger stating she had eaten the berries of the potatoe plant, portions of which she showed me.”

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