potato
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potato/pəˈteɪtəʊ/
▶noun (pl. potatoes)
- 1 a starchy plant tuber which is one of the most important food crops, cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
- 2 the plant of the nightshade family which produces potatoes on underground runners. [Solanum tuberosum.]
– origin C16 (orig. denoting the sweet potato): from Sp. patata, var. of Taino batata ‘sweet potato’.
'potato' also found in these Oxford entries:
aloo
- chip
- chit
- Colorado beetle
- Cornish pasty
- cottage pie
- couch potato
- crisp
- eye
- fishcake
- floury
- gnocchi
- hotpot
- hot potato
- jacket
- jacket potato
- kachori
- King Edward
- kumara
- Lancashire hotpot
- latke
- Maris Piper
- murphy
- pani puri
- patootie
- pierogi
- potato vine
- pratie
- seed potato
- shaw
- shepherd's pie
- spud
- sweet potato
- tater
- tattie
- tiddy oggy
- truffle
- tuber
- yam
