NOUN | plant | sweet potato, sweet potato vine, Ipomoea batatas | pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large sweet tuberous root with orange flesh |
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food | sweet potato | the edible tuberous root of the sweet potato vine which is grown widely in warm regions of the United States | |
artifact | sweet potato, ocarina | egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes |
Meaning | pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large sweet tuberous root with orange flesh. | |
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Synonyms | sweet potato vine, Ipomoea batatas | |
Parts | sweet potato | The edible tuberous root of the sweet potato vine which is grown widely in warm regions of the United States |
Broader | morning glory | Any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day |
Spanish | batata | |
Catalan | batata, moniato |
Meaning | The edible tuberous root of the sweet potato vine which is grown widely in warm regions of the United States. | |
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Part of | sweet potato, sweet potato vine, Ipomoea batatas | pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large sweet tuberous root with orange flesh |
Narrower | yam | sweet potato with deep orange flesh that remains moist when baked |
Broader | root vegetable | Any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers |
Spanish | batata, boniato, camote, chaco, moniato | |
Catalan | batata, boniato, moniato |
Meaning | egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes. | |
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Synonym | ocarina | |
Broader | wind instrument, wind | A musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath |
Spanish | ocarina | |
Catalan | ocarina |
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