What does potato mean?
Definitions for potato
pəˈteɪ toʊ, -təpota·to
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word potato.
Princeton's WordNet
potato, white potato, Irish potato, murphy, spud, taternoun
an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
potato, white potato, white potato vine, Solanum tuberosumnoun
annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous
Wiktionary
potatonoun
A plant tuber, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe
potatonoun
A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking
Etymology: From batata, via patata. Not from a hypothetical Nahuatl word *potatl.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Potatonoun
An esculent root.
The red and white potatoes are the most common esculent roots now in use, and were originally brought from Virginia into Europe. Philip Miller.
On choicest melons and sweet grapes they dine,
And with potatoes fat their wanton swine. Edmund Waller.The families of farmers live in filth and nastiness upon butter-milk and potatoes. Jonathan Swift.
Leek to the Welch, to Dutchmen butter’s dear,
Of Irish swains potatoe is the chear;
Oats for their feasts the Scottish shepherds grind,
Sweet turnips are the food of Blouzelind;
While she loves turnips, butter I’ll despise,
Nor leeks, nor oatmeal, nor potatoe prize. John Gay.
Webster Dictionary
Potatonoun
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
Potatonoun
the sweet potato (see below)
Etymology: [Sp. patata potato, batata sweet potato, from the native American name (probably batata) in Hayti.]
Freebase
Potato
The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family. The word may refer to the plant itself as well as the edible tuber. In the region of the Andes, there are some other closely related cultivated potato species. Potatoes were introduced outside the Andes region four centuries ago, and have become an integral part of much of the world's cuisine. It is the world's fourth-largest food crop, following rice, wheat and maize. Long-term storage of potatoes requires specialised care in cold warehouses. Wild potato species occur throughout the Americas, from the United States to southern Chile. The potato was originally believed to have been domesticated independently in multiple locations, but later genetic testing of the wide variety of cultivars and wild species proved a single origin for potatoes in the area of present-day southern Peru and extreme northwestern Bolivia, where they were domesticated 7,000–10,000 years ago. Following centuries of selective breeding, there are now over a thousand different types of potatoes. Of these subspecies, a variety that at one point grew in the Chiloé Archipelago left its germplasm on over 99% of the cultivated potatoes worldwide.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Potato
pō-tā′tō, n. one of the tubers of a plant almost universally cultivated for food in the temperate parts of the globe: the plant itself:—pl. Potā′toes.—ns. Potā′to-bee′tle, a North American beetle which commits fearful ravages among potatoes; Potā′to-bing (Scot.), a heap of potatoes to be preserved; Potā′to-bō′gle (Scot.), a scarecrow; Potā′to-disease′, -rot, a destructive disease of the potato caused by a parasitic fungus; Potā′to-fing′er (Shak.), a fat finger, used in contempt; Potā′to-fly, a dipterous insect of the same genus as the radish-fly, whose maggots are often abundant in bad potatoes in autumn.—Small potatoes (U.S.), anything petty or contemptible. [Sp. patata, batata, orig. Haytian.]
Editors Contribution
potato
A type of cultivar, plant or seed created and cultivated in various species.
There are thousands of varieties of potatoes grown across the world and they are one of the worlds most popular grown tuber vegetables and food.
Submitted by MaryC on December 8, 2016potato
A type of vegetable.
Potatoes are a type of vegetable cultivated and eaten worldwide.
Submitted by MaryC on December 8, 2016Potato
A legendary food that we cannot live without
Submitted by fez on March 21, 2022
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Rank popularity for the word 'potato' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3454
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'potato' in Nouns Frequency: #1561
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of potato in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of potato in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of potato in a Sentence
It probably costs more to eat here, what are you supposed to feed your kids? Potato chips?
The only healthy potato is a steamed organic sweet potato -Johnny Wowk AKA Johnny The Walker
No mockery in the world ever sounds to me as hollow as that of being told to cultivate happiness Happiness is not a potato, to be planted in mould, and tilled with manure.
Something during the war that was missing was the culprit, and one of the commodities that was missing was wheat. As a matter of fact, flour during the war was made with potato starch and not with wheat.
I am a bake potato bake potato bake potatoooo
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- акартошAbkhaz
- aartappel, ertappelAfrikaans
- ድንችAmharic
- trunfaAragonese
- بطاطاArabic
- আলুAssamese
- ch'uqiAymara
- kartofAzerbaijani
- бәрәңге, картуфBashkir
- бу́льбаBelarusian
- карто́фBulgarian
- আলুBengali
- ཞོ་ཁོག་Tibetan Standard
- aval-douarBreton
- creïlla, patataCatalan, Valencian
- brambor, bramboraCzech
- паранка, çĕр улмиChuvash
- tatenWelsh
- kartoffelDanish
- Erdapfel, KartoffelGerman
- πατάτα, γεώμηλοGreek
- terpomoEsperanto
- patata, papaSpanish
- kartulEstonian
- patata, lursagarBasque
- سیبزمینیPersian
- peruna, pottuFinnish
- epli, eplFaroese
- patate, pomme de terreFrench
- ierappelWestern Frisian
- fata, prátaIrish
- buntàtaScottish Gaelic
- yvy'aGuaraní
- બટાટોGujarati
- תפוח אדמהHebrew
- आलु, आलूHindi
- krumpli, burgonyaHungarian
- կարտոֆիլArmenian
- kentangIndonesian
- terpomoIdo
- kartafla, jarðepliIcelandic
- patataItalian
- じゃがいも, 馬鈴薯Japanese
- კარტოფილიGeorgian
- картопKazakh
- naatsiiatKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- ដំឡូងKhmer
- ಆಲೂಗಡ್ಡೆKannada
- 감자, 지실Korean
- tetti, patatysen, aval dorCornish
- картөшкөKyrgyz
- patataLatin
- GromperLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- irpelLimburgish, Limburgan, Limburger
- ມັນຝະລັ່ງLao
- bulvėLithuanian
- rācenis, pampalis, kartupelis, tupenisLatvian
- rīwai, parareka, taewaMāori
- компирMacedonian
- ഉരുളക്കിഴങ്ങ്Malayalam
- төмс, ᠲᠥᠮᠦᠰᠦMongolian
- बटाटाMarathi
- kentangMalay
- patataMaltese
- အာလူးBurmese
- potetNorwegian
- patat, aardappel, pieperDutch
- potetNorwegian Nynorsk
- nímasiiNavajo, Navaho
- ଆଳୁOriya
- картофOssetian, Ossetic
- ਆਲੂPanjabi, Punjabi
- pyra, kartofel, ziemniakPolish
- batataPortuguese
- papaQuechua
- ardöffel, tiffel, tartuffel, mailinterra, truffel, hardefelRomansh
- cartof, barabulăRomanian
- карто́фель, карто́шкаRussian
- आलूSanskrit
- buđeita, buđetNorthern Sami
- крумпир, кромпир, krompir, krumpirSerbo-Croatian
- අලSinhala, Sinhalese
- zemiakSlovak
- krompirSlovene
- patate, kërtollëAlbanian
- pära, pantoffel, potatis, plugg, potät, jordäppleSwedish
- batata, kiazi ulayaSwahili
- ஒருமைTamil
- ఉర్లగడ్డ, బంగాళాదుంప, ఆలుగడ్డTelugu
- себзаминӣTajik
- มันฝรั่งThai
- kartoşkaTurkmen
- patatasTagalog
- patatesTurkish
- бәрәңгеTatar
- ياڭيۇUyghur, Uighur
- карто́пля, бу́льба, барабо́ляUkrainian
- آلوUrdu
- kartoshkaUzbek
- khoai tâyVietnamese
- pötet, pötetaplanVolapük
- truke, canada, crompire, petote, cartoxheWalloon
- בולבע, קאַרטאָפֿלYiddish
- 土豆Chinese
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