Yukon Gold

American  

[yoo-kon gohld] / ˈju kɒn ˈgoʊld /

Or Yukon gold

noun

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

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Yukon Gold British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Yukon Gold

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

Example Sentences

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Yukon Gold

To make it a complete one-pan meal, we add Yukon Gold potatoes.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 28, 2023

As the movie opens, the Yukon Gold Rush of the 1890s is in full swing.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2020

The Yukon Gold Rush of 1897 gave the Butler and every other hotel in Seattle its own rush.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2017

You Say Potato, I Say Double-Stranded RNA Tiffany Stecker writes about climate change, agriculture and forestry for ClimateWire in Washington, DC and prefers red potatoes to Yukon Gold.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 12, 2013

So I became a member of the Yukon Gold Expedition, under the management of John Herrick and Julius Dwight, engineers.

From The Blue Birds' Winter Nest by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth