kumara

British  

/ ˈkuːmərə /

noun

1. a convolvulaceous twining plant, Ipomoea batatas, of tropical America, cultivated in the tropics for its edible fleshy yellow root

2. the root of this plant

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Etymology

Origin of kumara

Māori

Example Sentences

Both cultivate sweet potatoes and call them by names which closely resemble their ancient Peruvian name: kumara.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gradually the potato superseded amongst them the taro and fern-root, and even to some extent the kumara.

From The Long White Cloud by Reeves, William Pember

Their taro and their kumara fields had to be dug, and dug thoroughly with wooden spades.

From The Long White Cloud by Reeves, William Pember

With them joined the god of cultivated food, such as the kumara, and the god of food that grows wild—such as the fern-root.

From The Long White Cloud by Reeves, William Pember

I am thinking that I may be likened to stagnant water, that is not good, that nobody drinks, and that does not run down in brooks, upon the banks of which kumara and trees grow.

From A History of the English Church in New Zealand by Purchas, H. T. (Henry Thomas)