SWEET-POTATO SPHINX

Meaning of SWEET-POTATO SPHINX in English

noun

see sweet-potato hornworm

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

SWEET — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) {{link=sweet pea">sweet pea sweet potato sweet William
Английский словарь Британика
SPHINX — Mythological creature with a lion's body and a human's head. It figures prominently in Egyptian and Greek art and legend. …
Английский словарь Британика
POTATO — I Herbaceous annual ( Solanum tuberosum ) in the nightshade family . One of the world's main food crops, the …
Английский словарь Британика
SWEET — I. ˈswēt, usu -ēd.+V adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English swete, sweete, from Old English swēte; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPHINX — ˈsfiŋ(k)s noun Etymology: Middle English Spynx the sphinx of Thebes who according to Greek legend destroyed all passers who could …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POTATO — pəˈtād.(ˌ)ō, -ād.ə, -ātə sometimes pəd.ˈād.- noun ( -es ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Spanish patata, batata, from Taino batata 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SWEET — (superl.) Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; …
Английский словарь Webster
SPHINX — (n.) The Guinea, or sphinx, baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx).
Английский словарь Webster
SWEET — ( superl. ) Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPHINX — ( n. ) The Guinea, or sphinx, baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx).
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SWEET — — sweetly , adv. — sweetness , n. /sweet/ , adj., sweeter, sweetest , adv. , n. adj. 1. having …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPHINX — /sfingks/ , n. , pl. sphinxes, sphinges /sfin"jeez/ . 1. (in ancient Egypt) a. a figure of an imaginary creature …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POTATO — /peuh tay"toh, -teuh/ , n. , pl. potatoes . 1. Also called Irish potato, white potato . the edible tuber …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SWEET — I. ˈswēt adjective Etymology: Middle English swete, from Old English swēte; akin to Old High German suozi sweet, Latin suadēre …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPHINX — noun ( plural sphinx·es or sphin·ges ˈsfin-ˌjēz) Etymology: Latin, from Greek Sphinx, Sphix Date: 15th century 1. a. capitalized : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POTATO — pə-ˈdā-, bə- noun ( plural -toes ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Spanish batata, from Taino Date: 1565 1. : sweet …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SWEET — adv sweetly. 2. sweet ·vt to sweeten. 3. sweet ·noun confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, ·etc. 4. sweet ·noun home-made wines, cordials, …
Webster English vocab
SPHINX — noun the guinea, or sphinx, baboon (cynocephalus sphinx). 2. sphinx ·noun hence: a person of enigmatical character and purposes, especially …
Webster English vocab
POTATO — noun the sweet potato (see below). 2. potato ·noun a plant (solanum tuberosum) of the nightshade family, and its esculent …
Webster English vocab
SWEET — [sweet] adj [ME swete, fr. OE swete; akin to OHG suozi sweet, L suadere to urge, suavis sweet, Gk hedys] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SPHINX — [sphinx] n, pl sphinx.es or sphin.ges [L, fr. Gk Sphinx, Sphix] 1 a cap: a winged female monster in Greek …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POTATO — [po.ta.to] n, pl -toes often attrib [Sp batata, fr. Taino] (1565) 1: sweet potato 2. a: an erect So. American …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SPHINX — mythological creature with a lion's body and human head, an important image in Egyptian and Greek art and legend. The …
Britannica English vocabulary
POTATO — (Solanum tuberosum), one of some 150 tuber-bearing species of the genus Solanum (family Solanaceae). The potato (common potato, white potato, …
Britannica English vocabulary
SWEET — sweet, Sweet BrE AmE swiːt ▷ sweeter ˈswiːt ə AmE ˈswiːt̬ ə r ▷ sweetest ˈswiːt ɪst -əst AmE ˈswiːt̬ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SPHINX — sphinx, S\~ BrE AmE sfɪŋ k s ▷ sphinxes, Sphinx's ˈsfɪŋ k s ɪz -əz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
POTATO — potato BrE AmE pə ˈteɪt əʊ !!bə- AmE \ pə ˈteɪt̬ oʊ pət̬ ˈeɪt̬-, -ə ▷ potato|es z ▶ po …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPHINX — / sfɪŋks; NAmE / noun (often the Sphinx ) an ancient Egyptian stone statue of a creature with a human …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POTATO — / pəˈteɪtəʊ; NAmE -toʊ/ noun [ C , U ] ( pl. -oes ) a round white vegetable with a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPHINX — Sphinx, the BrE AmE 1 . the Great Sphinx a large, very ancient sphinx which is close to the Pyramids …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPHINX — sphinx BrE AmE , Sphinx /sfɪŋks/ noun [countable] an ancient Egyptian image of a lion with a human head, lying …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POTATO — po ‧ ta ‧ to S2 /pəˈteɪtəʊ $ -toʊ/ BrE AmE noun ( plural potatoes ) [ Date: 1500-1600 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SWEET — adj. & n. --adj. 1 having the pleasant taste characteristic of sugar. 2 smelling pleasant like roses or perfume etc.; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPHINX — n. 1 (Sphinx) (in Greek mythology) the winged monster of Thebes, having a woman's head and a lion's body, whose …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SWEET — adj. & n. adj. 1 having the pleasant taste characteristic of sugar. 2 smelling pleasant like roses or perfume etc.; …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPHINX — n. 1 (Sphinx) (in Greek mythology) the winged monster of Thebes, having a woman's head and a lion's body, whose …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POTATO — n. (pl. -oes) 1 a starchy plant tuber that is cooked and used for food. 2 the plant, Solanum tuberosum, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SWEET — adj. & n. --adj. 1. having the pleasant taste characteristic of sugar. 2 smelling pleasant like roses or perfume etc.; …
Oxford English vocab
SPHINX — n.1 (Sphinx) (in Greek mythology) the winged monster of Thebes, having a woman's head and a lion's body, whose riddle …
Oxford English vocab
POTATO — n. (pl. -oes) 1. a starchy plant tuber that is cooked and used for food. 2 the plant, Solanum tuberosum, …
Oxford English vocab
SWEET — ( sweeter, sweetest, sweets) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Sweet food …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPHINX — also Sphinx ( sphinxes) The Sphinx is a large ancient statue of a creature with a human head and a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POTATO — ( potatoes) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Potatoes are quite round …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SWEET — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a sweet smell ▪ She liked the sweet smell of hay in the barn. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SPHINX — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Behind them, the huge ugly building crouched like a sphinx , purring through iron tonsils. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POTATO — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a tomato/potato/bean etc plant ▪ Bean plants are easy to grow. couch potato fruit/potato salad …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Cambridge English vocab
SPHINX — [noun] [C] [plural] sphinx or sphinxes - an ancient imaginary creature with a lion's body and a woman's headAccording to …
Cambridge English vocab
POTATO — [noun] [plural] potatoes - a roundish white vegetable with a light brown, red or pink skin which grows underground and …
Cambridge English vocab
SWEET — n. sweet marjoram sweet pea sweet potato sweet William
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SPHINX — n. Mythological creature with a lion's body and a human's head. It figures prominently in Egyptian and Greek art and …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
POTATO — n. Colorado potato beetle potato bug Irish Potato Famine potato beetle sweet potato
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
POTATO — n. Herbaceous annual ( Solanum tuberosum ) in the nightshade family . One of the world's main food crops, the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SWEET — n. 25B6; adjective sweet biscuits : SUGARY, sweetened, saccharine; sugared, honeyed, candied, glacé; sickly, cloying. the sweet scent of roses …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SWEET — adj. 1 sugary, honey-like, honeyed, sweetened Sweet breakfast cereals are bad for your teeth 2 fragrant, perfumed, scented, aromatic, ambrosial, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SPHINX — [Greek] In ancient Egypt, the Sphinx is a male statue of a lion with the head of a human, sometimes …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
SWEET — 1. прил. 1) а) сладкий Syn : honeyed, honied б) прям. перен. слащавый, приторный; сентиментальный в) приятный, ласковый; любимый, милый …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPHINX — сущ. 1) сфинкс 2) загадочное существо; непонятный человек сфинкс загадочный человек - she was always a * to me она …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POTATO — сущ. 1) картофель (растение) to bake potato ≈ печь картофель to boil potato ≈ отваривать картофель to fry potato ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SWEET — sweet.ogg 1. swi:t n 1. леденец, конфета to like sweets - любить сласти 2. обыкн. pl сладкое ( блюдо ) …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SPHINX — sphinx.ogg sfıŋks n ( pl sphinges, sphinxes ʹsfıŋksız ) 1. 1> сфинкс 2> загадочный человек she was always a sphinx …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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