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sweet potato

Syllabification: (sweet po·ta·to)
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Definition of sweet potato

noun

  • 1an edible tropical tuber with pinkish orange, slightly sweet flesh.
  • 2the Central American climbing plant that yields the sweet potato, widely cultivated in warm countries.
    • Ipomoea batatas, family Convolvulaceae

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Definition of sweet potato in the British & World English dictionary