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ba·ta·ta     (bə-tä'tə)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A type of sweet potato having somewhat dry, bland, yellowish to white flesh, used as a staple food in many tropical countries. Also called boniato, camote.


[American Spanish, perhaps of Taino origin.]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Batatas

Ba*ta"tas\, Batata \Ba*ta"ta\, n. An aboriginal American name for the sweet potato (Ipom[ae]a batatas).

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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