sweet potato

n. sweet edible orange-colored root that is similar to a yam

The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas), commonly called a yam in parts of the United States (especially in the southern and western portions of the country; this terminology causes some confusion with true yams) is a crop plant whose large, starchy, sweet tasting tuberous roots are an important root vegetable. The young leaves and shoots are sometimes eaten as greens. The sweet potato is only distantly related to the potato (Solanum tuberosum). It is even more distantly related to the true yam (Dioscorea species) which is native to Africa and Asia.
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Noun
1. the fleshy root of the sweet potato vine
(hypernym) tuber
(part-holonym) sweet potato vine, Ipomoea batatas
2. pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large sweet tuberous root with orange flesh
(synonym) sweet potato vine, Ipomoea batatas
(hypernym) morning glory
3. edible tuberous root of the sweet potato vine grown widely in warm regions of the United States
(hypernym) root vegetable
(hyponym) yam
(part-holonym) sweet potato vine, Ipomoea batatas
4. egg-shaped terra-cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes
(synonym) ocarina
(hypernym) wind instrument, wind

Synonyms and related words:
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