WHITE POTATO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white potato mean? 

• WHITE POTATO (noun)
  The noun WHITE POTATO has 2 senses:

1. annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous

2. an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

  Familiarity information: WHITE POTATO used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITE POTATO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

potato; Solanum tuberosum; white potato; white potato vine

Hypernyms ("white potato" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Meronyms (parts of "white potato"):

Irish potato; murphy; potato; spud; tater; white potato (an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland)

Holonyms ("white potato" is a member of...):

genus Solanum; Solanum (type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

Irish potato; murphy; potato; spud; tater; white potato

Hypernyms ("white potato" is a kind of...):

starches (foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread))

solanaceous vegetable (any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum, Capsicum, and Lycopersicon)

root vegetable (any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers)

Meronyms (parts of "white potato"):

jacket (the outer skin of a potato)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "white potato"):

baked potato (potato that has been cooked by baking it in an oven)

chips; french-fried potatoes; french fries; fries (strips of potato fried in deep fat)

home-fried potatoes; home fries (sliced pieces of potato fried in a pan until brown and crisp)

mashed potato (potato that has been peeled and boiled and then mashed)

Uruguay potato (similar to the common potato)

Holonyms ("white potato" is a part of...):

potato; Solanum tuberosum; white potato; white potato vine (annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous)