sweet potato (redirected from Sweet potatoes)

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

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

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sweet potato n → patata americana or dolce