camote

American  

[kuh-moh-tey, kah-maw-te] / kəˈmoʊ teɪ, kɑˈmɔ tɛ /

noun

1. batata.

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Example Sentences

The vegan camote burrito on the lunch menu is a flour tortilla fattened with sweet potatoes charred in the embers of a wood-fired grill, giving the tuber a nice bitter edge.

From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2020

Although we all understood what to expect from “fall-spice brined chicken” and “brown-butter-roasted squash,” we didn’t grasp in advance what camote tetelas were.

From Washington Post • Dec. 12, 2018

Unless you think too hard about what might be in it, the camote is a tasty, reasonable dish.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2015

She made desserts for everyone in our village—dulce de camote con piña, empanadas de guayaba, palanquetas de cacahuate.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

When boiled it is much sweeter than the camote or batata; indeed it appears to contain more saccharine matter than any root I ever tasted; if eaten raw it is very much like the chesnut.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.