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sweet-potatoey en · ADJ

Etymology

From sweet potato + -ey.

Meanings

1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of sweet potatoes.
   • The rain forest may be loaded with all kinds of edible fruits like […] the giant irregularly oblong green fruit called mbé (Anonidium mannii) that falls with a far-carrying head-crushing thud and whose orange flesh with its sweet-potatoey flavor is so rich in protein that in a real fix its ripe pasty flesh eaten salted and spiced with chilies makes a delicious substitute meal. 1995, Louis Sarno, edited by Stephen Ciabattoni, Bayaka: The Extraordinary Music of the Babenzélé Pygmies and Sounds of Their Forest Home, Roslyn, NY: Ellipsis Arts, page 60:
   • sweet-potatoey flavour

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