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SWEET POTATO

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes

Synonyms:

ocarina; sweet potato

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sweet potato" is a kind of...):

wind; wind instrument (a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("sweet potato" is a kind of...):

root vegetable (any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sweet potato"):

yam (sweet potato with deep orange flesh that remains moist when baked)

Holonyms ("sweet potato" is a part of...):

Ipomoea batatas; sweet potato; sweet potato vine (pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large sweet tuberous root with orange flesh)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large sweet tuberous root with orange flesh

Synonyms:

Ipomoea batatas; sweet potato; sweet potato vine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("sweet potato" is a kind of...):

morning glory (any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day)

Meronyms (parts of "sweet potato"):

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

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