potato Definition

potato
noun potatoes

1. A perennial plant that produces edible tubers and is a staple crop of temperate regions worldwide.
2. The starch-rich round or oval tuber of this plant, which can be cooked and eaten as a vegetable, or processed to form crisps or chips. Also as adj.

Example: potato salad

Etymology: 16c: from Spanish patata, variant of batata, from Taino (a S American language).