potato

A perennial plant (Solanum tuberosum) in the nightshade family that was first cultivated in South America and is widely grown for its starchy edible tubers.

A tuber of this plant.

Any of various wild plants in the genus Solanum that are similar to the cultivated potato.

A sweet potato.

The sweet potato. See below.

One of the esculent tubers of the common plant Solanum tuberosum, or the plant itself.

The liliaceous genus Calochortus: so called from its bulb or corm.

In Bengal, the yam.

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.