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po⋅ta⋅to

  [puh-tey-toh, -tuh]
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–noun, plural -toes.
1. Also called Irish potato, white potato. the edible tuber of a cultivated plant, Solanum tuberosum, of the nightshade family.
2. the plant itself.
3. sweet potato (defs. 1, 2).
Origin:
1545–55; < Sp patata white potato, var. of batata sweet potato < Taino
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po·ta·to   (pə-tā'tō)   
n.   pl. po·ta·toes

  1. A South American plant (Solanum tuberosum) widely cultivated for its starchy edible tubers.

  2. A tuber of this plant.

  3. A sweet potato. See Regional Note at possum.


[Spanish patata, alteration (probably influenced by Quechua papa, white potato) of Taino batata, sweet potato.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Idioms & Phrases

potato

see hot potato; meat and potatoes; small beer (potatoes).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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