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Synonyms:

Irish potato, potato, spud, tater, white potato

Types:

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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