Irish potato

Irish potato

n (Plants) chiefly US another name for the potato

po•ta•to

(pəˈteɪ toʊ, -tə)

n., pl. -toes. 1. Also called Irish potato , white potato. the edible tuber of a cultivated plant, Solanum tuberosum, of the nightshade family. 2. the plant itself. 3. sweet potato (defs. 1, 2). [1545–55; < Sp patata white potato < Taino]

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Irish potato - an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Irelandmurphy, potato, spud, tater, white potatostarches - foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread)solanaceous vegetable - any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum, Capsicum, and Lycopersiconroot vegetable - any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubersbaked potato - potato that has been cooked by baking it in an ovenchips, french fries, french-fried potatoes, fries - strips of potato fried in deep fathome fries, home-fried potatoes - sliced pieces of potato fried in a pan until brown and crispjacket - the outer skin of a potatomashed potato - potato that has been peeled and boiled and then mashedUruguay potato - similar to the common potatoSolanum tuberosum, white potato, white potato vine, potato - annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous