[pəˈteɪtəʊ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a starchy plant tuber which is one of the most important food crops, cooked and eaten as a vegetable
(e.g: roast potatoes)

- the plant of the nightshade family which produces potatoes on underground runners

- a large hole in a sock or stocking, especially one in the heel


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Origin:
mid 16th century: from Spanish patata, variant of Taino batata ‘sweet potato’. The English word originally denoted the sweet potato and gained its current sense in the late 16th century