sweet potato

noun

a plant, Ipomoea batatas, of the morning glory family, grown for its sweet, edible, tuberous roots.

the root itself, used as a vegetable.

Informal. ocarina.

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Origin:
1740–50, Americanism

Can be confused: cassava, sweet potato, yam.

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sweet potato

—n
1.	a convolvulaceous twining plant, Ipomoea batatas, of tropical America, cultivated in the tropics for its edible fleshy yellow root
2.	the root of this plant

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