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Definition of Batata
1. the sweet-potato [n -S]
Medical Definition of Batata
1. An aboriginal American name for the sweet potato (Ipomaea batatas). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Batata
Literary usage of Batata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Vegetable Substances Used for the Food of Man by Edwin Lankester (1832)
"Among; these the SPANISH, or SWEET POTATO—Convolvulus batata—is commonly cultivated
for its root in the tropical climates) both of ..."
2. Dictionary of the Kiniassa Language by John Rebman, Johann Ludwig Krapf, Church Missionary Society (1877)
"batata (see tara) at the tide (only used of the interior of a cottage); homo la
tara, ce little tide-door, a small secret side-door, through which they make ..."
3. A Cyclopædic Dictionary of the Mang'anja Language Spoken in British Central by David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1892)
"... it stands the next day quiet, batata, and is called t'anti ; the next day
chimera barm is added, ..."
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