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Everyday I ate breakfast constituting batata vada and misal.— Recently Uploaded Slideshows
It was early cultivated on the Western Coast of Africa, for the Portuguese Pilot (who set out on his voyages to the colony at St. Thomas, in the Gulf of Guinea) speaks of this plant, and states that it is called "batata" by the aboriginals of St. Domingo. They are abundant at Mocha and Muscat.— The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise ; Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, ;c.; of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, ;c;.
The "potato" which they observed in the West Indies was not Solanum tuberosum_, which we now call the "white potato" or "Irish potato," but a very distinct plant, Ipomoea batatas_, which we now call the "sweet potato," but which in early days was known as the batata or potato_.— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fourteenth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. September 26, 27 and 28 1923
I shall confine myself to citing the words maiz, tabaco, canoa, batata, cacique, balsa, conuco, etc.— Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1
And samosas and batata wadas and every other delicious monsoon snack you can think of.— rediff.com
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