sweet potato
noun
1
: a tropical vine (Ipomoea batatas) of the morning-glory family that is often grown for its edible tuberous root or for its ornamental variously shaped green to purple leaves and usually white to pinkish funnel-shaped flowers with pink to purple centers
also
: the large thick sweet and nutritious tuberous root of the sweet potato that has beige, yellow, orange, red, or purple flesh and is cooked and eaten as a vegetable compare yam sense 2
2
: ocarina
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The company is a supplier of frozen potato, sweet potato, appetizer and vegetable products to restaurants and retailers around the globe.
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Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2024
The restaurant specializes in ultra-seasonal dishes and shareable plates, and a vegan highlight is the sweet potato falafel with muhammara, piccalilli and sumac froth.
—Kaila Yu, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
At Container Village, business owners sell everything from sweet potato pies to handbags out of reconfigured shipping containers.
—Trymaine Lee, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
Chong dehydrates this sour black rice, grinds it into a powder, and sprinkles it atop a drink called Kuro Koji, adding a dramatic jet-black top to the cocktail of purple sweet potato, Okinawan rice distillate, sweet sake, shikuwasa, and koregusu.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2024
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Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2024
The restaurant specializes in ultra-seasonal dishes and shareable plates, and a vegan highlight is the sweet potato falafel with muhammara, piccalilli and sumac froth.
—Kaila Yu, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
At Container Village, business owners sell everything from sweet potato pies to handbags out of reconfigured shipping containers.
—Trymaine Lee, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
Chong dehydrates this sour black rice, grinds it into a powder, and sprinkles it atop a drink called Kuro Koji, adding a dramatic jet-black top to the cocktail of purple sweet potato, Okinawan rice distillate, sweet sake, shikuwasa, and koregusu.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Sweet potato.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweet%20potato. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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