English noun: potato |
1. | potato (food) an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland |
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| Synonyms | Irish potato, murphy, spud, tater, white potato |
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| Broader (hypernym) | root vegetable, solanaceous vegetable, starches |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | baked potato, chips, french fries, french-fried potatoes, fries, home fries, home-fried potatoes, mashed potato, Uruguay potato |
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| Part holonym | jacket |
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| Part meronym | potato, Solanum tuberosum, white potato, white potato vine |
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2. | potato (plant) 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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| Synonyms | Solanum tuberosum, white potato, white potato vine |
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| Broader (hypernym) | vine |
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| Part holonym | Irish potato, murphy, potato, spud, tater, white potato |
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| Member meronym | genus Solanum, Solanum |
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