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Spanish potato

Spanish potato noun: sweet potato.

Noun

Spanish potato (plural Spanish potatoes)

  1. (obsolete) sweet potato
    • Gerard grew them in 1597, but only as curiosities, under the name of Virginian Potatoes (Battata Virginianorum and Pappas), to distinguish them from the Spanish Potato, or Convolvulus Battatas1884, Henry Nicholson Ellacombe, The Plant-lore & Garden-craft of Shakespeare

Forms of Spanish potato

pluralSpanish potatoes

Questions about Spanish potato

What does Spanish potato mean?
Spanish potato means sweet potato.
What part of speech is Spanish potato?
Spanish potato is a noun.
What is the plural of Spanish potato?
The plural of Spanish potato is Spanish potatoes.

Words near Spanish potato in the dictionary

  1. Spanish peppers
  2. Spanish plum
  3. Spanish plume
  4. Spanish plumes
  5. Spanish plums
  6. Spanish potato
  7. Spanish potatoes
  8. Spanish practices
  9. Spanish prisoner
  10. Spanish prisoners
  11. Spanish red

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