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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For example, a 3.5-ounce serving of raw sweet potato can contain up to 496 mg of oxalates, while the same amount of regular potato has around 17 mg.4
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Lindsey Desoto, Verywell Health, 22 June 2025
Dinner, later that night, is celebratory — hummus, sweet potato, pasta and homemade sauce.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 12 July 2025
Made for a minimum of two people, the carnivorous feast trots out family-style platters of rib-eye, branzino, chorizo and more, along with sides like crispy artichoke and roasted sweet potato.
—Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
The quick-service concept offers not only a dozen varieties of cobbler, including mango peach, strawberry and sweet potato pecan; but selections of banana pudding, brownies, cookies, cinnamon rolls, Belgian waffles and churros.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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Lindsey Desoto, Verywell Health, 22 June 2025
Dinner, later that night, is celebratory — hummus, sweet potato, pasta and homemade sauce.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 12 July 2025
Made for a minimum of two people, the carnivorous feast trots out family-style platters of rib-eye, branzino, chorizo and more, along with sides like crispy artichoke and roasted sweet potato.
—Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
The quick-service concept offers not only a dozen varieties of cobbler, including mango peach, strawberry and sweet potato pecan; but selections of banana pudding, brownies, cookies, cinnamon rolls, Belgian waffles and churros.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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“Sweet potato.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweet%20potato. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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