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Definition of Potato
1. Noun. An edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland.
Exact synonyms: Irish Potato, Murphy, Spud, Tater, White Potato
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
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.
Exact synonyms: Solanum Tuberosum, White Potato, White Potato Vine
Terms within: Irish Potato, Murphy, Spud, Tater, White Potato
Group relationships: Genus Solanum, Solanum
Generic synonyms: Vine
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. the edible tuber of a cultivated plant [n -TOES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Potato
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