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potato definition

po·tato (pə tāt′ō, -tāt′ə)

noun pl. potatoes -·toes

  1. sweet potato
    1. the starchy, brown-skinned or red-skinned tuber of a widely cultivated plant (Solanum tuberosum) of the nightshade family, eaten as a cooked vegetable; Irish potato; white potato
    2. this plant

Etymology: Sp patata, var. of batata, sweet potato < Taino name

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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