sweet potato


noun
  1. a plant, Ipomoea batatas, of the morning glory family, grown for its sweet, edible, tuberous roots.

  2. the root itself, used as a vegetable.

  1. Informal. ocarina.

Origin of sweet potato

1
An Americanism dating back to 1740–50

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British Dictionary definitions for sweet potato

sweet potato

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

  • Also called (NZ): kumara

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