n. an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
n. annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous
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复数形式:potatoes
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n a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice
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An aboriginal American name for the sweet potato (Ipomaea batatas).
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United States botanist and agricultural chemist who developed many uses for peanuts and soy beans and sweet potatoes (1864-1943)
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a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat n
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n strips of potato fried in deep fat n a small fragment of something broken off from the whole n a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line n a piece of dried bovine dung n a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat n a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something n a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling n electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit n (golf) a low running approach shot n the act of chipping something v break off (a piece from a whole) v cut a nick into v play a chip shot v form by chipping v break a small piece off from
