| 释义 |
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024po•ta•to /pəˈteɪtoʊ, -tə/USA pronunciation n., pl. -toes. - Plant Biologya white vegetable with a brown or reddish skin that grows underground and is grown as food: [countable]a bag of potatoes.[uncountable]a filling made of potato and onion.
- Plant Biology[countable] the plant itself.
- Plant Biologysweet potato (defs. 1, 2).
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024po•ta•to (pə tā′tō, -tə),USA pronunciation n., pl. -toes. - Plant BiologyAlso called Irish potato, white potato. the edible tuber of a cultivated plant, Solanum tuberosum, of the nightshade family.
- Plant Biologythe plant itself.
- Plant BiologySee sweet potato (defs. 1, 2).
- Taino
- Spanish patata white potato, variant of batata sweet potato
- 1545–55
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: potato /pəˈteɪtəʊ/ n ( pl -toes)
Also called: Irish potato, white potato a solanaceous plant, Solanum tuberosum, of South America: widely cultivated for its edible tubers- the starchy oval tuber of this plant, which has a brown or red skin and is cooked and eaten as a vegetable
- any of various similar plants, esp the sweet potato
Etymology: 16th Century: from Spanish patata white potato, from Taino batata sweet potato |