Definition of potato

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • potato is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
  • potato is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
  • potato is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9

Definition of potato


  • annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. solanum tuberosum
    2. white potato
    3. white potato vine
  • an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. irish potato
    2. murphy
    3. spud
    4. tater
    5. white potato

See definition of potato in Merriam Webster