- wild sweet potato
- noun
1. : man-of-the-earth 12. : sand vine
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man-of-the-earth.[1890-95, Amer.]
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wild sweet potato vine — noun tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato • Syn: ↑wild potato vine, ↑man of the earth, ↑manroot, ↑scammonyroot, ↑Ipomoea panurata, ↑Ipomoea… … Useful english dictionary
wild sweet potato — man of the earth. [1890 95, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
Sweet potato — Camote redirects here. For the island group in the Philippines, see Camotes Islands. Sweet Potato Sweet potato in flower Hemingway, South Carolina Scientific classification … Wikipedia
Sweet potato — Potato Po*ta to, n.; pl. {Potatoes}. [Sp. patata potato, batata sweet potato, from the native American name (probably batata) in Hayti.] (Bot.) (a) A plant ({Solanum tuberosum}) of the Nightshade family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wild potato vine — noun tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato • Syn: ↑wild sweet potato vine, ↑man of the earth, ↑manroot, ↑scammonyroot, ↑Ipomoea panurata,… … Useful english dictionary
Wild potato — Potato Po*ta to, n.; pl. {Potatoes}. [Sp. patata potato, batata sweet potato, from the native American name (probably batata) in Hayti.] (Bot.) (a) A plant ({Solanum tuberosum}) of the Nightshade family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Potato — Po*ta to, n.; pl. {Potatoes}. [Sp. patata potato, batata sweet potato, from the native American name (probably batata) in Hayti.] (Bot.) (a) A plant ({Solanum tuberosum}) of the Nightshade family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of which… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Potato beetle — Potato Po*ta to, n.; pl. {Potatoes}. [Sp. patata potato, batata sweet potato, from the native American name (probably batata) in Hayti.] (Bot.) (a) A plant ({Solanum tuberosum}) of the Nightshade family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Potato bug — Potato Po*ta to, n.; pl. {Potatoes}. [Sp. patata potato, batata sweet potato, from the native American name (probably batata) in Hayti.] (Bot.) (a) A plant ({Solanum tuberosum}) of the Nightshade family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Potato fly — Potato Po*ta to, n.; pl. {Potatoes}. [Sp. patata potato, batata sweet potato, from the native American name (probably batata) in Hayti.] (Bot.) (a) A plant ({Solanum tuberosum}) of the Nightshade family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
