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[pəˈteɪtəʊ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a starchy plant tuber which is one of the most important food crops, cooked and eaten as a vegetable
(e.g: roast potatoes)
- the plant of the nightshade family which produces potatoes on underground runners
- a large hole in a sock or stocking, especially one in the heel
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Origin
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mid 16th century: from Spanish patata, variant of Taino batata ‘sweet potato’. The English word originally denoted the sweet potato and gained its current sense in the late 16th century
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