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| Main Entry: |
potato
 [puh-tey-toh, -tuh] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vegetable |
| Synonyms: | murphy, plant, spud, tater, tuber, yam |
| Main Entry: | spud |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tuber |
| Synonyms: | potato, tater |
| Main Entry: | tuber |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vegetable |
| Synonyms: | beet, bulb, jalap, potato, root, salep, taro, turnip, yam |
| Notes: | tubers are different from bulbs and corms in that they have no basal plate or enveloping leaves |
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Example Sentences
- Add sweet potato, potatoes and reserved lobster broth.
- In the days when children made do with pencils and blackboards, school budgets were small potatoes.
- The answer used to be not much more than herrings-eaten cold, with vinegary sauces and hot boiled potatoes.
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