sweet potato

n 1: the fleshy root of the sweet potato vine

2: pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for

its large sweet orange-fleshed tuberous root [syn: {sweet

potato vine}, {Ipomoea batatas}]

3: edible tuberous root of the sweet potato vine grown widely

in warm regions of the United States

4: egg-shaped terra-cotta instrument with a mouthpiece and

finger holes [syn: {ocarina}]