单词 | wild yam |
例句 | In gathering wild yams, they cut off most of the edible tuber but replaced the stems and tops of the tubers in the ground so that the tubers would regrow. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Muralug Island itself, the island nearest Australia, was dry, marginal for agriculture, and supported only a small human population, which subsisted mainly on seafood, wild yams, and mangrove fruits. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z On the list were papaya, neem, asafoetida, figs, ginger, smartweed, wild yam, pennyroyal, black cohosh and angelica. NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z The DNA of savanna wild yams was fairly similar, but the forest wild yams split into two groups, one centered in Cameroon and another much farther west. Plant studies show where Africa's early farmers tamed some of the continent's key crops 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Three species of wild rice, along with two of wild wheat and 17 types of wild yam were listed as threatened due to deforestation and urban expansion, coupled with the pressures created by intensive agriculture. Red list: thousands of species at risk of extinction due to human activity 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z For the 44-year-old widow on a meager income, these wild yams are more nutritious than potatoes - and cost nothing. 'This forest is like an old friend' - India's tribal women fight for land ownership 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Two million years ago, our early ancestors such as Australopithecus or early members of Homo likely found wild yams and other tubers bitter. How modern humans ate their way to world dominance 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z Unbeknownst to Sanger and Pincus, a scientist in Mexico City had already had success creating a progesterone pill, synthesized from wild yams, which could block ovulation. The Long, Strange History of Birth Control 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z He learned from his work with animals that injections of progesterone, which chemists in Mexico had been able to synthesize from wild yams, could block ovulation. Love, Sex, Freedom and the Paradox of the Pill 2010-04-22T08:00:00Z Coco-nut palms, bread-fruit and chestnut trees, and wild yams, bananas, and plantains abound throughout the islands, and require little attention to make them yield an ample crop. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II But we searched in vain, nor did we even see any wild yams growing about, so evidently the pair were some distance from their home, or were making a journey in search of food. The Call Of The South 1908 Let them go and eat grass or wild yams like pigs. A Memory Of The Southern Seas 1904 They come here to root them up at this time of the year, before the wild yams are well grown, and the ti both fattens and sweetens. "Martin Of Nitendi"; and The River Of Dreams 1901 His food-list now embraced shellfish and birds, wild yams, breadfruit, and cocoanuts, which, even the latter, he cooked before eating and prepared before cooking. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea Some of our people had in the meantime collected some wild bread-fruit, dug up some wild yams, and brought down some cocoanuts, which gave us an ample repast. The Cruise of the Dainty Rovings in the Pacific This peculiar formation of the beak very materially assists the bird in feeding on the potato-loke root, or rather fruit, of the soi, or wild yam, of which it is fond. The Call Of The South 1908 Twisting and twining among the hazel, long stems of wild yam display pretty leaves in graceful strings, each leaf set at the angle which secures the greatest amount of light. Some Summer Days in Iowa Just beneath us was a deep canyon, at the bottom of which, so Nalik said, was a tiny rivulet which ran through banks covered with wild yams and ti plants. "Martin Of Nitendi"; and The River Of Dreams 1901 It was excellent eating when roasted with wild yams,—rather like a very small suckling pig, the colonists later discovered. Days of the Discoverers One day they cooked some wild yams, but never offered her a share. Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before The ebony plums, the wild mango, the seeds of the s�l tree, the beans of the giant banhinia creeper, a species of arrowroot, and a wild yam, are here found and eaten. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 He planted wild yam under her windows that its queer rattles might amuse her, and hop trees where their castanets would play gay music with every passing wind of fall. The Harvester And so named from their then digging wild yams before the cultivated ones were ripe, and also from early yam digging. Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before In a time of scarcity, for instance, he led them to some place in the bush where they could dig up plenty of wild yams. Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before |
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