potato

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[edit] English

Potato and cross-section.
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[edit] Etymology

From Taino batata, meaning sweet potato, via Spanish patata. Not from a hypothetical Nahuatl word *potatl.

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[edit] Noun

potato (plural potatoes)

  1. A plant tuber, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe
  2. (informal, UK) A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking

[edit] Synonyms

  • (plant): spud (slang)

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[edit] Verb

potato m (f potata, m plural potati, f plural potate)

  1. past participle of potare

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Verb

pōtātō

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of pōtō
  2. third-person singular present active imperative of pōtō
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