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Definition of Potato
1. Noun. An edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland.
Generic synonyms: Starches, Solanaceous Vegetable, Root Vegetable
Specialized synonyms: Baked Potato, Chips, French Fries, French-fried Potatoes, Fries, Home Fries, Home-fried Potatoes, Mashed Potato, Uruguay Potato
Terms within: Jacket
Group relationships: Solanum Tuberosum, White Potato, White Potato Vine
2. Noun. Annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous.
Terms within: Irish Potato, Murphy, Spud, Tater, White Potato
Group relationships: Genus Solanum, Solanum
Generic synonyms: Vine
Definition of Potato
1. n. A plant (Solanum tuberosum) of the Nightshade family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of which there are numerous varieties used for food. It is native of South America, but a form of the species is found native as far north as New Mexico.
Definition of Potato
1. Noun. A plant tuber, ''Solanum tuberosum'', eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe ¹
2. Noun. (informal UK) A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Potato
1. the edible tuber of a cultivated plant [n -TOES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Potato
Literary usage of Potato
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Various methods have been proposed for the prevention or arrest of the ravages
of the fungus which causes the "potato disease " (see below). ..."
2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"After igis, Nevada potato-growers anticipate being able to ship potatoes to the
... Then • the New Yorker will be introduced to the luxury of a real potato ..."
3. The Journal of General Physiology by Society of General Physiologists, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"An extended study of potato amylase was published by Doby. ... In his work a
series of tubes containing varying amounts of potato juice and Lintner soluble ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1887)
"potato. For potato cultivations ripe potatoes are best, the small new potato ...
As the earth on the outside of the potato is full of bacteria and spores, ..."
5. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1914)
"During the present year there have been held two emergency conven- • tions, one
on the mealy bug at Ontario and the other on the potato at Stockton. ..."
6. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1869)
"Such is the native home of the potato, where it grows spontaneously, renewing itself
... From this brief history of the habits of the potato, the following ..."
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