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sweet potato

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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Origin of sweet potato

An Americanism dating back to 1740–50

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH sweet potato

cassava, sweet potato , yam

Words nearby sweet potato

sweet nothings, sweet oil, sweet pea, sweet pepper, sweet pepperbush, sweet potato, sweet roll, sweet scabious, sweet-scented, sweet-shop, sweet shrub
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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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