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Sweet potato

noun

Pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large sweet tuberous root with orange flesh. Synonyms: Ipomoea batatas, sweet potato vine.

The edible tuberous root of the sweet potato vine which is grown widely in warm regions of the United States.

Egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes. Synonym: ocarina.

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"Sweet potato" Quotes from Famous Books

... permanently succeed in Ceylon soil without abundance of manure, with the exception of cinnamon and cocoa-nuts. Even the native gardens will not produce a tolerable sample of the common sweet potato without manure, a positive proof of the ...

— Eight Years' Wandering in Ceylon • Samuel White Baker

... same may be said of yoursilf, cushla!" replied Rooney, stuffing his child's mouth with sweet potato. ...

— Under the Waves - Diving in Deep Waters • R M Ballantyne

... Javanese went on as before. Jack's attempt at opening up a conversation was put a stop to by the return of the servant with dishes containing a variety of vegetables and fruits, which were as welcome, probably, to him as to me. One dish contained a sweet potato cooked. It must have weighed from twelve to fifteen pounds. I have heard of one weighing thirty pounds. The natives appeared very fond of it. We had peas and artichokes and a dish of sago, the mode of obtaining which I afterwards saw, and will describe presently. I heard Jack cry out ...

— James Braithwaite, the Supercargo - The Story of his Adventures Ashore and Afloat • W.H.G. Kingston

... strip of water that, unless you obtained a profile view, it might easily be mistaken for a headland. The population is considerable, and they live in mushroom huts, situated on the high flats and easier slopes, where they cultivate the manioc, sweet potato, maize, millet, various kinds of pulse, and all the common vegetables in general use about the country. Poultry ...

— What Led To The Discovery of the Source Of The Nile • John Hanning Speke

... one hundred souls. They had been here a month waiting for leave to approach the king's palace. Not a villager was to be seen for miles round; not a plantain remained on the trees, nor was there even a sweet potato to be found in the ground. The whole of the provisions of this beautiful place had been devoured by the king's guests, simply because he had been too proud to see them in a hurry. This was alarming, for I feared I should be served the same trick, especially ...

— The Discovery of the Source of the Nile • John Hanning Speke

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