Definition of potato Potato
/pʌtejˈtowˌ/ - [puteytow] - po•ta•to
We found 10 definitions of potato from 7 different sources.
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What does potato mean?
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NounPlural: potatoes |
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| potato - an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland | ||
| white potato, Irish potato, murphy, spud, tater | ||
| root vegetable any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers | ||
| starches foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread) | ||
| solanaceous vegetable any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum, Capsicum, and Lycopersicon | ||
| solanum tuberosum, white potato vine, potato, white potato an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland | ||
| baked potato potato that has been cooked by baking it in an oven | ||
| chips, french-fried potatoes, french fries, fries strips of potato fried in deep fat | ||
| home-fried potatoes, home fries sliced pieces of potato fried in a pan until brown and crisp | ||
| jacket a short coat | ||
| mashed potato potato that has been peeled and boiled and then mashed | ||
| potato - annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous | ||
| white potato, white potato vine, Solanum tuberosum | ||
| vine a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface | ||
| genus solanum, solanum type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- potato (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. - potato (n.)
The sweet potato (see below).
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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potato
A tuberous plant, Solanum tuberosum, often eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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potato
pō-tā′tō, n. one of the tubers of a plant almost universally cultivated for food in the temperate parts of the globe: the plant itself:—pl. Potā′toes.—ns. Potā′to-bee′tle, a North American beetle which commits fearful ravages among potatoes; Potā′to-bing (Scot.), a heap of potatoes to be preserved; Potā′to-bō′gle (Scot.), a scarecrow; Potā′to-disease′, -rot, a destructive disease of the potato caused by a parasitic fungus; Potā′to-fing′er (Shak.), a fat finger, used in contempt; Potā′to-fly, a dipterous insect of the same genus as the radish-fly, whose maggots are often abundant in bad potatoes in autumn.—Small potatoes (U.S.), anything petty or contemptible. [Sp. patata, batata, orig. Haytian.]
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A potato is a kind of vegetable, or the vegetable that grows this fruit. It contains a lot of starch and other carbohydrates
The potato plant grows well in many different parts of the world. It is a small plant with large leaves. The part of the potato that people eat grows under the ground. It usually has a brown or pink skin and is white or yellow inside.
The potato is not very good to eat unless it is cooked. People cook potatoes by boiling, roasting, or frying them. French fries or "chips" are potatoes cut into long pieces and fried until they are soft. Potato chips or potato crisps are potatoes cut into very thin round pieces and fried until they are hard.
The potato was first grown and eaten in the Andes Mountains of South America. When the Europeans came to South America, they brought the potato back to Europe.
The scientific name of the potato plant is "Solanum tuberosum".
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🔤- potato, noun, singular of potatoes.
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