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sweet potato vine

sweet potato vine

3.4
A trailing plant grown for its large sweet roots eaten as food
  • noun
  • /ˈswit pəˌteɪtoʊ vaɪn/
translation icon : planta de batata
  • I do have some Bewitched after midnight Ipania sweet potato vine, but look look what the earwigs are doing.

So this is a sweet potato vine called red hawk.

Examples

  • And the sweet potato vines are magnificent against the perfect backdrop of the grey shakes on your home—beautiful.

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  • Your sweet potato vine looks great!

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  • So this is a sweet potato vine called red hawk.

    Garden Answer

  • I am delighted by the growth of the sweet potato vine in each of the planters in the front of our house; they seem to me like long, flowing hair cascading down the side of the planter.

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  • The sweet potato vine thrives in warm climates, producing vibrant foliage and delicious tubers.

  • For a colorful garden, consider planting a sweet potato vine among other flowering plants.

  • The gardener noticed that the sweet potato vine grows quickly, forming beautiful trails along the fence.

Synonyms

sweet potato
vssweet potato vine
74 1.0

A large root vegetable with sweet, starchy flesh you cook or bake

emphasizes trailing growth habit and root appearance rather than culinary use
Ipomoea batatas
vssweet potato vine
  • Specialized
7.0

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

is the common descriptive label focusing on trailing habit and edible roots

How Sweet

sweet potato vine
3.4
yam plant
3.3
white potato
1 1.0

Surface Forms

sweet potato vine singular
sweet potato vines plural

Morphology

sweet + potato + vine

The phrase is a literal compound: 'sweet' + 'potato' + 'vine' describes a vine associated with the sweet potato. This compositional, descriptive structure follows common noun-compounding patterns and would be readily understood by a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.

Etymology

Sweet potato vine comes from the plant's look: the vine is the long, trailing stem you see above ground while the sweet potato is the thick root that grows below. So the name points to the same plant used for 'food' and for a 'decorative' garden vine.