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sweet potato
noun
a plant, Ipomoea batatas, of the morning glory family, grown for its sweet, edible, tuberous roots.
the root itself, used as a vegetable.
Informal.ocarina.
sweet potato
noun
a convolvulaceous twining plant, Ipomoea batatas, of tropical America, cultivated in the tropics for its edible fleshy yellow root
the root of this plant
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sweet potato1
Example Sentences
The bite of raw carrot or a gossamer slice of fennel offers a freshness that roasted beets or steamed sweet potatoes simply can't match.
Instead of plating a large piece of chicken with sweet potatoes and rice on the side, transform those same ingredients into a sweet potato risotto with chicken.
I made homemade pesto pasta with salmon for dinner and a sweet potato hash topped with a runny egg for breakfast.
This shade, often associated with carrots, sweet potatoes and pumpkins, comes from carotenoids, a class of pigments naturally found in plants.
Orange and yellow vegetables such as carrots and sweet potatoes are excellent sources of beta-carotene.
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