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camote|kəˈməʊteɪ|
[Mexican Sp., ad. Nahuatl camotli.]
A name in Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries for any one of several tuber-bearing plants, e.g. the sweet potato and yam.
1842‘A. T. Myrthe’ Ambrosio de Letinez I. 143 This is not a good country for praties, no how—save for the swate ones, that the Mexican people call camotes. 1885Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 751/1 Sweet potatoes (camote)..are pretty generally known [in the Philippines]. 1909Teachers' Assembly Herald II. 44/2 [To] relieve the Igorot girls from their laborious toil in the camote patch. |