Definition of potato

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Potato (n.) 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..

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Scab :: Scab (n.) A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies)..
Mash :: Mash (v. t.) To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples in a mill, or potatoes with a pestle. Specifically (Brewing), to convert, as malt, or malt and meal, into the mash which makes wort..
Potato :: Potato (n.) The sweet potato (see below).
Potator :: Potator (n.) A drinker.
Casserole :: Casserole (n.) A mold (in the shape of a hollow vessel or incasement) of boiled rice, mashed potato or paste, baked, and afterwards filled with vegetables or meat..
Roast :: Roast (v. t.) To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes..
Lyonnaise :: Lyonnaise (a.) Applied to boiled potatoes cut into small pieces and heated in oil or butter. They are usually flavored with onion and parsley.
Potatory :: Potatory (a.) Of or pertaining to drinking.
Vegetable :: Vegetable (n.) A plant used or cultivated for food for man or domestic animals, as the cabbage, turnip, potato, bean, dandelion, etc.; also, the edible part of such a plant, as prepared for market or the table..
Doryphora :: Doryphora (n.) A genus of plant-eating beetles, including the potato beetle. See Potato beetle..
Supervacaneous :: Supertuberation (n.) The production of young tubers, as potatoes, from the old while still growing..
Whiskey :: Whiskey (n.) An intoxicating liquor distilled from grain, potatoes, etc., especially in Scotland, Ireland, and the United States. In the United States, whisky is generally distilled from maize, rye, or wheat, but in Scotland and Ireland it is often made from malted barley..
Murphy :: Murphy (n.) A potato.
Eye :: Eye (n.) The bud or sprout of a plant or tuber; as the eye of a potato.
Lady''s Finger :: Lady's finger () A long, slender variety of the potato..
Mealy :: Mealy (superl.) Having the qualities of meal; resembling meal; soft, dry, and friable; easily reduced to a condition resembling meal; as, a mealy potato..
Boll :: Boll (n.) A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and potatoes, six bushels. A boll of meal is 140 lbs. avoirdupois. Also, a measure for salt of two bushels..
Water Tree :: Water tree () A climbing shrub (Tetracera alnifolia, / potatoria) of Western Africa, which pours out a watery sap from the freshly cut stems..
Sprout :: Sprout (v. t.) To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes..
Root :: Root (n.) The underground portion of a plant, whether a true root or a tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in the potato, the onion, or the sweet flag..
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