Batata definitions

Batata

1) Sweet potato
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Batata

Batata is the word for potato (Solanum tuberosum; only distantly related to sweet potato) in Portuguese. The same has been adapted in many Indian Languages like Gujarati, Marathi, Konkani, some Arabic variants and others. The English word `potato` itself is derived from the Taíno batata, borrowed via Spanish patata. Batata is the word for sweet.....
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Batata

• (n.) An aboriginal American name for the sweet potato (Ipomaea batatas).
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