white potato

1. 1.

   annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous

   Synonymspotatowhite potato vineSolanum tuberosum

   Broadervine

   Part ofSolanum

   Partspotato
2. 2.

   an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

   SynonymspotatoIrish potatomurphyspudtater

   Broaderroot vegetablestarchessolanaceous vegetable

   Narrowerbaked potatofrench frieshome friesmashed potatoUruguay potato

   Part ofpotato

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Questions about white potato

What does white potato mean?

white potato means "annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for white potato?

Close synonyms include potato, white potato vine, Solanum tuberosum, potato, Irish potato. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is white potato a common word?

white potato is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.