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batata en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /bəˈtɑ.tə/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish batata, from Taíno batata. Doublet of potato.

Meanings

1. sweet potato (plant)
2. sweet potato (foodstuff)
   • She uses broccoli rabe instead of aka takana (spicy mustard greens), shops in the Caribbean markets of her Washington Heights neighborhood for batatas rather than Japanese satsumaimo (yellow sweet potatoes), and has learned to love the local mofongo, the Dominican version of mashed plantains with lots of garlic. 2007 December 26, Julia Moskin, “A Celebration of the New Year Ushers in a Bit of Japan”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:

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batata vada