Uruguay potato
- noun
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papa uruguaya
- The texture of the Uruguay potato makes it ideal for mashing or roasting.
Examples
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The chef used a Uruguay potato to prepare an authentic South American dish.
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Farmers in the region recently harvested several tons of Uruguay potatoes.
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The Uruguay potato is known for its unique flavor.
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Have you ever tried a Uruguay potato?
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Farmers in the region recently harvested several tons of Uruguay potatoes.
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The chef used a Uruguay potato to prepare an authentic South American dish.
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The texture of the Uruguay potato makes it ideal for mashing or roasting.
Synonyms
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A plant grown for its edible underground parts that people eat while its leaves are poisonous
A plant that grows edible parts under the ground called potatoes
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a simple compositional combination of a place name ('Uruguay') and an object ('potato'), so it denotes a potato variety from Uruguay in a directly predictable way. This nationality + noun pattern is cross-linguistically common and would be immediately understood by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Uruguay potato was named after the country Uruguay, where farmers first grew and sold this kind of potato. So the name means 'a variety of potato from Uruguay', referring to the plant and its edible tubers.