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potato
[ puh-tey-toh, -tuh ]
noun
plural potatoes.
- Also called Irish potato, the edible tuber of a cultivated plant, Solanum tuberosum, of the nightshade family.
- the plant itself.
potato
/ pəˈteɪtəʊ /
noun
- Also calledIrish potatowhite potato
- a solanaceous plant, Solanum tuberosum, of South America: widely cultivated for its edible tubers
- the starchy oval tuber of this plant, which has a brown or red skin and is cooked and eaten as a vegetable
- any of various similar plants, esp the sweet potato
- hot potato slang.a delicate or awkward matter
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Word History and Origins
Origin of potato1
First recorded in 1545–55; from Spanish patata “potato,” variant of batata “sweet potato,” from Taíno
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Word History and Origins
Origin of potato1
C16: from Spanish patata white potato, from Taino batata sweet potato
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Idioms and Phrases
see hot potato ; meat and potatoes ; small beer (potatoes) .Advertisement
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