Definitions
Starchy tuber eaten as a vegetable
Word origin
Borrowed from Spanish patata, itself borrowed from Taíno batata (“sweet potato”).
Used in a sentence
“Do not let your child have potato for another year; he will probably take milk well enough after he is weaned.”
“The protein value of this dish is equal to that of 1⅛ pounds of potato and beef, the fuel value, however, being much in excess of these.”
“A number of the children said that they had potato for breakfast, potato and herring for dinner, potato and milk for supper.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues
01“Mashed dinner side”6 letters
02“Mashed vegetable”6 letters
03“Starchy tuber”6 letters
04“Underground food tuber”6 letters
05“Common root vegetable”6 letters
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