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1. Potato
   (Solanum) This is a large group of tender and hardy, herbaceous, shrubby, or climbing plants. They are found wild in many countries, but mainly in Costa Rica, Chile, tropical Africa and Europe. Several kinds are found in North America. Many are grown for decoration, but two are grown as vegetables. ...
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2. potato
   [n] - annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers 2. [n] - an edible tuber native to South America
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3. Potato
   Po·ta'to noun ; plural Potatoes . [ Spanish patata potato, batata sweet potato, from the native American name (probably batata ) in Hayti.] (Botany) (a) A plant ( Solanum tuberosum ) of the Nig...
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4. potato
   Origin: Sp. Patata potato, batata sweet potato, from the native American name (probably batata) in Hayti. ... <botany> 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, b...
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5. potato
   white potato noun an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
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6. potato
   white potato noun annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous
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7. Potato
   • (n.) 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. • (n.) The sweet potato (see below).
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8. potato
   (Solanum tuberosum), one of some 150 tuber-bearing species of the genus Solanum (family Solanaceae). The potato (common potato, white potato, or ... [21 related articles]
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9. potato
   potato or white potato,common name for a perennial plant (Solanum tuberosum) of the family Solanaceae (nightshade family) and for its swollen underground stem, a tuber, which is one of the most widely used vegetables in Western temperate climates. The plant is probably native to the Andes, where it ...
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10. Potato
    The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is a perennial plant of the family Solanaceae. It has angular herbaceous stems, and grows to about 80 centimetres tall. The leaves are pinnate, the flowers pretty, large, numerous and disposed in corymbs, and coloured violet, bluish, reddish or whitish. The fruit is gl...
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11. potato
    Perennial plant with edible tuberous roots that are rich in starch and are extensively eaten as a vegetable. Used by the Andean Indians for at least 2,000 years before the Spanish Conquest, the potato was introduced to Europe by the mid-16th century, and reputedly to England by the explorer Walte...
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12. POTATO
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13. Potato
    The `potato` is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family (also known as the nightshades). The word potato may refer to the plant itself as well as the edible tuber. In the region of the Andes, there are some other closely related cultivated potato...
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14. Potato
    (Blackadder) `"Potato"` is the third episode of the BBC sitcom Blackadder II, the second series of Blackadder, which was set in Elizabethan England from 1558 to 1603. Plot: The episode opens with Blackadder at home, preparing to go to court to celebrate the return of S...
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