sweet potato (redirected from Potato, sweet)

sweet potato

n.

1.

a. A tropical American vine (Ipomoea batatas) having rose-violet or pale pink, funnel-shaped flowers, and cultivated for its fleshy tuberous orange root.

b. The root of this vine, eaten cooked as a vegetable. Also called regionally yam.

2. Informal An ocarina.

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sweet potato

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a convolvulaceous twining plant, Ipomoea batatas, of tropical America, cultivated in the tropics for its edible fleshy yellow root

2. (Cookery) the root of this plant Also called (NZ) kumara

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sweet potato - An informal name for the ocarina, a musical instrument.

See also related terms for musical+instrument.

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sweet potato, yam - The sweet potatoes and yams sold in most stores are the same vegetable—sweet potatoes are inside every mislabeled yam can; true yams are not sold anywhere except a handful of specialty grocers.

See also related terms for vegetable.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sweet potato - pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large sweet tuberous root with orange flesh Ipomoea batatas, sweet potato vine sweet potato - the edible tuberous root of the sweet potato vine which is grown widely in warm regions of the United States morning glory - any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day
	2.	sweet potato - the edible tuberous root of the sweet potato vine which is grown widely in warm regions of the United States root vegetable - any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers yam - sweet potato with deep orange flesh that remains moist when baked Ipomoea batatas, sweet potato, sweet potato vine - pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large sweet tuberous root with orange flesh
	3.	sweet potato - egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes ocarina wind instrument, wind - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath

Translations

sweet potato n → patata americana or dolce