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   potato

   /pəˈteɪtəʊ/

   noun

   • 1. a starchy plant tuber which is one of the most important food crops, cooked and eaten as a vegetable: "roast potatoes"
   • 2. the plant of the nightshade family which produces potatoes on underground runners.
   • 3. a large hole in a sock or stocking, especially one in the heel. informal British

   Word Origin 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.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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