Yukon Gold

or Yu·kon gold

[ yoo-kon gohld ]

noun

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

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

Words Nearby Yukon Gold

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How to use Yukon Gold in a sentence

Again, the experience in the Yukon Gold rush is instructive.
Welcome Back to the Gold Rush | Howard Blum | April 28, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
His book, THE FLOOR OF HEAVEN: A True Story of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold Rush, is out now.
Welcome Back to the Gold Rush | Howard Blum | April 28, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
He may never have told you, but he was in the Yukon Gold rush.
Riddle of the Storm | Roy J. Snell

British Dictionary definitions for Yukon Gold

Yukon Gold

noun

a variety of yellow-fleshed potato developed in Canada

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