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sweet potato

noun

  1. a plant, Ipomoea batatas, of the morning glory family, grown for its sweet, edible, tuberous roots.
  2. the root itself, used as a vegetable.
  3. Informal. ocarina.


sweet potato

noun

  1. a convolvulaceous twining plant, Ipomoea batatas, of tropical America, cultivated in the tropics for its edible fleshy yellow root
  2. the root of this plant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sweet potato1

An Americanism dating back to 1740–50
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Instead of plating a large piece of chicken with sweet potatoes and rice on the side, transform those same ingredients into a sweet potato risotto with chicken.

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I made homemade pesto pasta with salmon for dinner and a sweet potato hash topped with a runny egg for breakfast.

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This shade, often associated with carrots, sweet potatoes and pumpkins, comes from carotenoids, a class of pigments naturally found in plants.

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Orange and yellow vegetables such as carrots and sweet potatoes are excellent sources of beta-carotene.

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Heavy metal levels are often particularly high in spices and nutritious root vegetables, such as sweet potatoes and beets.

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