Meanings
nounIndian potato (plural Indian potatoes)
plural Indian potatoes
- Any of several kinds of North American plants with edible, starchy bulbs or other underground structures, such as mariposa lilies, groundnuts, etc., especially
- Apios americana (American potato-bean), a terrestrial plant native to eastern North America;
- Orogenia spp. (now in Lomatium), a terrestrial plant native to western North America;
- Sagittaria latifolia (broadleaf arrowhead, duck potato), an aquatic plant native to North and South America.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans
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Broader
nounvery tall American perennial of central and the eastern United States to Canada having edible tuberous roots
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giant sunflowertall sunflowerHelianthus giganteus
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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APA
Indian potato. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indian%20potato
MLA
“Indian potato.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indian%20potato. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Indian potato,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indian%20potato.
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