sweet potato
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noun
a plant, Ipomoea batatas, of the morning glory family, grown for its sweet, edible, tuberous roots.
the root itself, used as a vegetable.
Informal. ocarina.
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Nearby words
sweet on, be, sweet orange, sweet pea, sweet pepper, sweet pepperbush, sweet potato, sweet roll, sweet scabious, sweet shop, sweet shrub, sweet sorghum
Origin of sweet potato
An Americanism dating back to 1740–50
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British Dictionary definitions for sweet potato
sweet potato
noun
a convolvulaceous twining plant, Ipomoea batatas, of tropical America, cultivated in the tropics for its edible fleshy yellow root
the root of this plant
Also called (NZ): kumara
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