- white potato
- noun Date: 1847 potato 2b
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
white potato
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white potato — ☆ white potato n. POTATO (sense 2a) … English World dictionary
white potato — noun 1. an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland • Syn: ↑potato, ↑Irish potato, ↑murphy, ↑spud, ↑tater • Hypernyms: ↑root vegetable, ↑starches, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
white potato — valgomoji bulvė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bulvinių šeimos daržovinis, krakmolinis, maistinis, vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Solanum tuberosum), kilęs iš Čilės. Naudojamas gėrimams gaminti. atitikmenys: lot. Solanum molinae; Solanum… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
white potato — white′ pota to n. pln potato 1) • Etymology: 1785–95, amer … From formal English to slang
white potato — potato (def. 1). [1785 95, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
white potato vine — noun annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous • Syn: ↑potato, ↑white potato, ↑Solanum tuberosum • Hypernyms: ↑vine • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
white potato creeper — noun → potato vine (def. 1) …
white potato — /waɪt pəˈteɪtoʊ/ (say wuyt puh taytoh) noun See potato1 (def. 1) …
potato — 1560s, from Sp. patata, from Carib (Haiti) batata sweet potato. Sweet potatoes were first to be introduced to Europe; in cultivation in Spain by mid 16c.; in Virginia by 1648. Early 16c. Portuguese traders carried the crop to all their shipping… … Etymology dictionary
potato — [pə tāt′ō, pətāt′ə] n. pl. potatoes [Sp patata, var. of batata, sweet potato < Taino name] 1. short for SWEET POTATO 2. a) the starchy, brown skinned or red skinned tuber of a widely cultivated plant (Solanum tuberosum) of the nightshade… … English World dictionary
