potato

Speech parts

1. potato - Noun

2. potato - Interjection

Meaning

A plant (Solanum tuberosum) of the Nightshade family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of which there are numerous varieties used for food. It is native of South America, but a form of the species is found native as far north as New Mexico.

The sweet potato (see below).

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

spud tater murphy Irish potato Solanum tuberosum white potato tuber white potato vine mickey taro solanum produce plant hole bulb
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Antonyms

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Hypernyms

root vegetable vine produce food plant crop

Hyponyms

french fries chips mashed potato fries baked potato french-fried potatoes

Phrases with the word

couch potato hot potato small potato Maori potato potato spinner Eskimo potato

Derivatives

potatoes

Anagrams

patoot topato

Examples

The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground. Thomas Overbury

Those who are the most devout, outstanding Unification Church members are they the most beautiful people externally or just so-so? Very often, those who have the features of an Idaho potato are the most loyal members of the Unification Church. Sun Myung Moon

My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with. Oprah Winfrey

If the potato misses, Ireland's beaten. Irish Proverb

When all things spoke the potato said, ‘set me warm, dig me warm, eat me warm, that's all i want.' Irish Proverb

The Potato grows in silence, The iron corrodes in silence. Malay Proverb

Close letter words and terms

potation potational potative potato and bacon mash potato and carrot mash potato and celeriac mash