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noun

(1) An edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

(2) Annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous

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Etymology

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

Noun

A plant tuber, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe.