sweet potato
noun
1
: a tropical vine (Ipomoea batatas) of the morning-glory family that is often grown for its edible tuberous root or for its ornamental variously shaped green to purple leaves and usually white to pinkish funnel-shaped flowers with pink to purple centers
also
: the large thick sweet and nutritious tuberous root of the sweet potato that has beige, yellow, orange, red, or purple flesh and is cooked and eaten as a vegetable compare yam sense 2
2
: ocarina
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By now your vegetable garden should be all planned out and seeds purchased, or at least ordered, as well as onion sets or plants, seed potatoes and sweet potato slips.
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Dr. Matthew Lisy, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2025
Small plates include purple sweet potato roll, rainbow roll, lobster tempura roll, spicy tuna roll, sake nigiri and Hamachi nigiri.
—Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
Though this is the cheesecake bar’s first location, owner and Charlotte native Brittani Sheppard has been serving up her sweets since 2019, inspired by her late grandfather’s sweet potato pie recipe.
—Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 5 June 2025
To speed things along, start sweet potato slips indoors in spring and transplant them into soil amended with compost to give your plants more energy to grow.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2025
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Dr. Matthew Lisy, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2025
Small plates include purple sweet potato roll, rainbow roll, lobster tempura roll, spicy tuna roll, sake nigiri and Hamachi nigiri.
—Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
Though this is the cheesecake bar’s first location, owner and Charlotte native Brittani Sheppard has been serving up her sweets since 2019, inspired by her late grandfather’s sweet potato pie recipe.
—Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 5 June 2025
To speed things along, start sweet potato slips indoors in spring and transplant them into soil amended with compost to give your plants more energy to grow.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2025
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“Sweet potato.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweet%20potato. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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