Potato

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A South American plant (Solanum tuberosum) widely cultivated for its starchy edible tubers.
  • n. A tuber of this plant.
  • n. A sweet potato. See Regional Note at possum.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A plant tuber, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe
  • n. A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A plant (Solanum tuberosum) of the Nightshade family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of which there are numerous varieties used for food. It is native of South America, but a form of the species is found native as far north as New Mexico.
  • n. The sweet potato (see below).
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The sweet potato. See below.
  • n. One of the esculent tubers of the common plant Solanum tuberosum, or the plant itself.
  • n. The liliaceous genus Calochortus: so called from its bulb or corm.
  • n. In Bengal, the yam.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous
  • n. an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
  • Equivalent
    potato bug   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    vine   
    Variant
    potatoes   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    tomato   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    onion    rice    vegetable    cheese    butter    beef    chicken    carrot    biscuit    salad