Meanings
nounSpanish potato (plural Spanish potatoes)
plural Spanish potatoes
- obsoletesweet potato
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
1884, Henry Nicholson Ellacombe, The Plant-lore & Garden-craft of Shakespeare
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