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- potato [pə'teɪtəυ]
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n
null Irish potato white potato
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2.
n
a solanaceous plant, Solanum tuberosum, of South America: widely cultivated for its edible tubers
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the starchy oval tuber of this plant, which has a brown or red skin and is cooked and eaten as a vegetable
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any of various similar plants, esp the sweet potato
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[Etymology]
C16: from Spanish patata white potato, from Taino batata sweet potato
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null Irish potato white potato
Examples
- a potato chip
- 土豆片 → chip
- a potato patch
- 一小块土豆地 → patch
- a potato seed
- 马铃薯种 → seed
- Mashed potato is my favorite side dish.
- 土豆泥是我最喜欢的配菜。 → potato
- I would like to order a potato cake and a vegetable soup.
- 我想要个马铃薯蛋糕，再来一份蔬菜汤。
- Let's use this cart to transport the potato bags.
- 我们用这辆马车来运这些袋土豆吧。 → cart
- potato/pasta/rice salad
- 土豆/意大利粉/米饭色拉 → salad
- a potato peeler → peeler
- a potato peeling → peeling
- potato salad → salad
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