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batata

batata

8.2
A sweet potato or potato used in South Asian and Caribbean cooking
  • noun
  • Indian
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  • The recipe calls for boiled batata mixed with spices and herbs.

Examples

  • In some Caribbean markets, you can find both white and orange varieties of batata.

  • She made a delicious curry with peas and batata for dinner.

  • I love eating batata fries with my burgers.

  • Can you pass the batata salad, please?

  • The chef prepared a delicious curry using batata as the main ingredient.

  • In our lunchboxes, my mom always packed batata fries with some dipping sauce.

  • For dessert, we enjoyed a sweet pie made from batata that was full of flavor.

Synonyms

tater
vsbatata
  • Informal
34 8.4

A potato that people cook and eat

is a regional name that can also mean ordinary or sweet tuber
tattie
vsbatata
  • UK
1 9.9

A potato, especially in Scotland

is used in South Asian and Caribbean speech and can mean sweet tuber
Ipomoea batatas
vsbatata
  • Specialized
7.0

A tropical plant with a large sweet orange root called the sweet potato that people eat

is a regional term that covers sweet tuber or ordinary potato

Compounds

Dioscorea batata
  • Specialized
9.9

A Chinese climbing vine grown for its edible roots and attractive leaves

Surface Forms

batata singular
batatas plural

Etymology

In South Asian and Caribbean English, batata is used for a 'sweet potato' or sometimes for a regular 'potato' because the name came with Spanish and Portuguese traders and then spread locally. That's why many recipes and markets use batata to mean these tuber vegetables.