Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A name in Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries of the sweet potato, Ipomæa Batatas.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[American Spanish, from Nahuatl camotli.]

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