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Spanish potatoes

Spanish potatoes is the plural of Spanish potato.

Meaning of Spanish 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

Questions about Spanish potatoes

What is Spanish potatoes the plural of?
Spanish potatoes is the plural of Spanish potato.

Words near Spanish potatoes in the dictionary

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

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