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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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..
Potatoes :: Potatoes (pl. ) of Potat.
Water Tree :: Water tree () A climbing shrub (Tetracera alnifolia, / potatoria) of Western Africa, which pours out a watery sap from the freshly cut stems..
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..
Ipomoea :: Ipomoea (n.) A genus of twining plants with showy monopetalous flowers, including the morning-glory, the sweet potato, and the cypress vine..
Roast :: Roast (v. t.) To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes..
Compotator :: Compotator (n.) One who drinks with another.
Potatory :: Potatory (a.) Of or pertaining to drinking.
Potato :: 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..
Sprout :: Sprout (v. t.) To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes..
Curl :: Curl (v.) A disease in potatoes, in which the leaves, at their first appearance, seem curled and shrunken..
Boil :: Boil (v.) To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes are boiling..
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..
Lady''s Finger :: Lady's finger () A long, slender variety of the potato..
Ton :: Ton (n.) A certain weight or quantity of merchandise, with reference to transportation as freight; as, six hundred weight of ship bread in casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of flour; forty cubic feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of hewn, timber, etc..
Batata :: Batata (n.) An aboriginal American name for the sweet potato (Ipomaea batatas).
Potator :: Potator (n.) A drinker.
Scab :: Scab (n.) A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies)..
Dig :: Dig (v. t.) To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold..
Doryphora :: Doryphora (n.) A genus of plant-eating beetles, including the potato beetle. See Potato beetle..
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