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sweet potato

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˌsweet poˈtato noun [countable]  sweet_potato.jpg DFa vegetable that looks like a red potato, is yellow inside, and tastes sweet 番薯,红薯,甘薯 yam5 see picture at 见图 vegetable1
Examples from the Corpus
sweet potatoThis treat he produced by mashing a sweet potato to pulp and adding sugar, vanilla extract, and evaporated milk.The rest of the Brownies are sweet potato plants and they crouch in rows, making themselves as small as they can.
ˌsweet poˈtato nounChineseSyllable
a a potato, Corpus is like red that vegetable looks


sweet potato
ˌsweet poˈtato noun [countable]

a vegetable that looks like a red potato, is yellow inside, and tastes sweet ⇨ yam


sweet potatoBrE /ˌswiːt pəˈteɪtəʊ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈswiːt pəteɪtoʊ/ 🔊 noun [countable, uncountable]
a root vegetable that looks like a red potato, but that is yellow inside and tastes sweet 红薯;甘薯