potato

n 1: an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of

Ireland [syn: {white potato}, {Irish potato}, {murphy},

{spud}, {tater}]

2: annual native to South America having underground stolons

bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a

garden vegetable; vines are poisonous [syn: {white potato},

{white potato vine}, {Solanum tuberosum}]