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potato

  • noun
  • pə-tāʹtō

The edible starchy tuber of the plant species Solanum tuberosum.

Other meanings

  1. The plant that produces this tuber.

  2. Metaphor for a person or thing of little value.

Synonyms

  • white potato

A kind of

  • root vegetable

Kinds of potato

  • baked potato
  • fries
  • home fries
  • mashed potato

Example sentences

  • “Why don't I make potatoes more often?”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “There was a single potato chip on each plate.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Spanish "patata".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “potato” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.