| 释义 |
† ˈgernut Obs.
[? mistake for yir(d)nut, ernut, earth-nut; but cf. F. gernotte or jarnote (Littré s.v. Terre-noix), which recalls the Sw. jordnöt.]
(See quot.)
1693Robinson in Phil. Trans. XVII. 826 The Roots of our Bulbocastanum..commonly call'd Pig-nuts and Gernuts in the North, lie very deep, and fatten Hogs. |
