NOUN | food | potato, white potato, Irish potato, murphy, spud, tater | an edible tuber native to South America |
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plant | potato, white potato, white potato vine, Solanum tuberosum | annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers |
Sounds | pahtey'tow. | |
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Rhymes | alto ... Yamamoto: 70 rhymes with tow... |
Meaning | An edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland. | |
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Synonyms | white potato, Irish potato, murphy, spud, tater | |
Part of | potato, white potato, white potato vine, Solanum tuberosum | Annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers |
Parts | jacket | The outer skin of a potato |
Narrower | Uruguay potato | Similar to the common potato |
baked potato | potato that has been cooked by baking it in an oven | |
french fries, french-fried potatoes, fries, chips | strips of potato fried in deep fat | |
home fries, home-fried potatoes | Sliced pieces of potato fried in a pan until brown and crisp | |
mashed potato | potato that has been peeled and boiled and then mashed | |
Broader | root vegetable | Any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers |
solanaceous vegetable | Any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae | |
starches | Foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread) | |
Spanish | papa, patata, tater | |
Catalan | creïlla, murphy, patata, tater |
Meaning | Annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous. | |
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Synonyms | white potato, white potato vine, Solanum tuberosum | |
Member of | Solanum, genus Solanum | type genus of the Solanaceae |
Parts | potato, white potato, Irish potato, murphy, spud, tater | An edible tuber native to South America |
Broader | vine | A plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface |
Spanish | papa, patata, patatera, solanum tuberosum | |
Catalan | patata, patatera, solanum tuberosum, Solanum tuberosum |
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