white potato

/waɪt pəˌteɪdoʊ/

/hwaɪt pəˌteɪdoʊ/

Other forms: white potatoes

Definitions of white potato

1. noun

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

   type of:

   vine

   a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
2. noun

   an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
   synonyms: Irish potato, murphy, potato, spud, tater

   types:

   baked potato

   potato that has been cooked by baking it in an oven

   chips, french fries, french-fried potatoes, fries

   strips of potato fried in deep fat

   home fries, home-fried potatoes

   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

   jacket potato

   a baked potato served with the jacket on

   type 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