HyperDic: solanum_tuberosum

English > 1 sense of the expression Solanum tuberosum:
NOUNplantSolanum tuberosum, potato, white potato, white potato vineannual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers
English > Solanum tuberosum: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAnnual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous.
Synonymspotato, white potato, white potato vine
Member ofSolanum, genus Solanumtype genus of the Solanaceae
Partspotato, white potato, Irish potato, murphy, spud, taterAn edible tuber native to South America
BroadervineA plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
Spanishpapa, patata, patatera, solanum tuberosum
Catalanpatata, patatera, solanum tuberosum, Solanum tuberosum

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