| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| batata |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ba·ta·ta |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b -tä t |
| NOUN: | A type of sweet potato having somewhat dry, bland, yellowish to white flesh, used as a staple food in many tropical countries. Also called boniato, camote. | | ETYMOLOGY: | American Spanish, perhaps of Taino origin.
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