Yukon Gold

or Yu·kon gold

[ yoo-kon gohld ]

noun

1. a yellow-fleshed, all-purpose variety of potato.

Yukon Gold

noun

1. a variety of yellow-fleshed potato developed in Canada

Word History and Origins

Origin of Yukon Gold¹

First recorded in 1965–70; developed by Canadian agricultural researcher Garnet Johnston (1916–2000) at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada

Example Sentences

Again, the experience in the Yukon gold rush is instructive.

From The Daily Beast

His book, THE FLOOR OF HEAVEN: A True Story of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold Rush, is out now.

From The Daily Beast

He may never have told you, but he was in the Yukon gold rush.

From Project Gutenberg