OXFORD DICTIONARY
potato, n. (pl. -oes)
1 a starchy plant tuber that is cooked and used for food.
2 the plant, Solanum tuberosum, bearing this.
3 colloq. a hole in (esp. the heel of) a sock or stocking.
potato chip = CHIP n. 3. potato crisp Brit. = CRISP n. 1.
Sp. patata var. of Taino batata
THESAURUS
potato
Irish
potato, Kraut, aubergine, beans, cabbage, eggplant, greens, legumes, love apple, mad apple, pieplant, potherbs, produce, rhubarb, spud, tater, tomato, vegetables, white
potato