potato: Meaning and Definition of

po•ta•to

Pronunciation: (pu-tā'tō, -tu), [key]
— pl. -toes.
  1. Also calledthe edible tuber of a cultivated plant, Solanum tuberosum, of the nightshade family.
  2. the plant itself.
  3. See(defs. 1, 2).
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