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Spanish potato
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English
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Spanish potato.wav US
Noun
es
en obsolete sweet potato
en 1884 Henry Nicholson Ellacombe The Plant-lore & Garden-craft of Shakespeare Gerard grew them in 1597, but only as curiosities, under the name of Virginian Potatoes (Battata Virginianorum and Pappas), to distinguish them from the Spanish Potato, or Convolvulus Battatas
References
Spanish
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