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Meaning of sweet potato | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

ˈswiːt pəˈteɪ.təʊ

Definitions

A tropical perennial American vine, Ipomoea batatas, having a fleshy tuber.
countable, uncountable
The tuber of this plant cooked as a vegetable.
countable, uncountable
An ocarina.
countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية بطاطا بَطَاطَا حُلْوَة بطاطة

Català batata

Deutsch Batate Süßkartoffel

Ελληνικά γλυκοπατάτα

Esperanto batato dolĉa terpomo

Español batata boniato camote

Suomi bataatti

Français patate patate douce patate sucrée

Galego pataca doce

עברית בטטה

हिन्दी शकरकंद

Magyar édesburgonya

Bahasa Indonesia betatas keledek ubi jalar

Igbo kukunduku

Italiano batata patata americana patata dolce

日本語孝行芋島津公芋薩摩芋

한국어 감지 고구마 단감자 디과 지과

Kurdî patate

Latviešu batāte saldais kartupelis

Te Reo Māori kūmera

Nederlands zoete aardappel

Polski batat wilec ziemniaczany

Português batata-doce

Română batat

Ikinyarwanda ikijumba ikijumbu

Svenska sötpotatis

ไทย มันเทศ

Tagalog kamote

Türkçe tatlı patates

Tiếng Việt khoai lang lang

Examples

“The sweet potato is the article referred to as potato by Shakespeare and other English writers, previous to the middle of the seventeenth century.”

“I go back to the kitchen and find ⟳ a knife, still smeared with sweet potato and bits of pheasant meat.”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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Meaning of sweet potato | Babel Free

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