POTATO
\pətˈe͡ɪtə͡ʊ], \pətˈeɪtəʊ], \p_ə_t_ˈeɪ_t_əʊ]\
Definitions of POTATO
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
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annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous
By Princeton University
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an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
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annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Solanum tuberosum, one of the annual, herbaceous, poisonous Solanaceae or its non-poisonous tubers which are highly nutritious as food crops of the temperate regions. The plant yields starch and other nutrients, a number of enzymes, alkaloids, and lectins; the berries are very toxic.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A common plant having edible fleshy shoots, or tubers; one of these tubers used as food; the sweet potato.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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One of the tubers of a plant almost universally cultivated for food: the plant itself:-pl. POTATOES.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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