Noun
It is a starchy edible tuber: A potato is the round or oval tuber of a plant found in a family Solanum tuberosum, which is a staple food in many parts of the world. It has brown, red, or yellow skin and white, yellow, or purple flesh.
The plant itself: The potato is also the name for the plant that produces these tubers, a herbaceous annual native to South America.
In English colloquial speech and slang, “potato” also carries several extended meanings, such as referring to “an unimportant or insignificant person” (small potato), “a controversial or problematic issue or person that is difficult to deal with” (hot potato), “a person who spends a lot of time sitting and watching television” (couch potato), or “an internet addict” (internet potato).
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