Noun: sweet potato sweet pu'tey-tow
- Pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large sweet tuberous root with orange flesh
"The sweet potato vines spread across the garden bed";
- sweet potato vine, Ipomoea batatas
- The edible tuberous root of the sweet potato vine which is grown widely in warm regions of the United States
"She made a delicious sweet potato pie for Thanksgiving"
- Egg-shaped terracotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes
"The street musician played a haunting melody on his sweet potato";
- ocarina
Derived forms: sweet potatoes
Type of: breath, morning glory, root vegetable, wind, wind instrument
Encyclopedia: Sweet potato