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Definition of Potato

Potato

  1. A plant (Solanum tuberosum) of the Nightshade family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of which there are numerous varieties used for food. It is native of South America, but a form of the species is found native as far north as New Mexico.
  2. The sweet potato (see below).

Potato Quotations

My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.
Oprah Winfrey

I love all kinds of bread. Whenever I crave junk food, I want salty things like peanuts or potato chips.
Tyra Banks

I had a nickname in junior high, and I'm loathe to say this: 'potato lady.'
Rashida Jones

In the morning we received some very thin coffee. For lunch we had potato soup with a few pieces of meat in it, in the evening we had a very thin meat soup with some potatoes in it.
Leon Askin

Hot dogs and Red Vines and potato chips and French fries are my favorite foods.
Betty White
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Potato Translations

potato in Afrikaans is aartappel
potato in Danish is kartoffel
potato in Dutch is pieper, aardappel
potato in Finnish is peruna
potato in French is pomme-de-terre, pomme de terre
potato in German is Kartoffel
potato in Hungarian is burgonya, krumpli
potato in Italian is patata
potato in Norwegian is potet
potato in Portuguese is batata
potato in Spanish is patata
potato in Swedish is potatis

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