| 1. | a plant, Ipomoea batatas, of the morning glory family, grown for its sweet, edible, tuberous roots. |
| 2. | the root itself, used as a vegetable. |
| 3. | Informal. ocarina. |
[ok-uh-ree-nuh] 
| a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes. |