sweet potato vine

Thân thiện

A gardener carefully trains a sweet potato vine along a wooden trellis.

Definition

Noun: * A tropical vine (Ipomoea batatas) cultivated for its large, sweet, edible tuber: This term refers specifically to the trailing or climbing plant itself, not the root vegetable it produces. It is a perennial plant grown in warm climates worldwide for its nutritious storage root.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The sweet potato vine has spread across the entire garden bed.
  • We need to water the sweet potato vine regularly during the dry season.
  • The leaves of the sweet potato vine are also edible in some cuisines.

Advanced Usage

• Ornamental Varieties: While cultivated for food, some cultivars of the are grown solely for their decorative, often brightly colored (e.g., purple, chartreuse) foliage in gardens and containers.
  • She planted an ornamental sweet potato vine for its beautiful purple leaves.

Variants and Related Words

• Sweet potato (noun): This is the name for the edible tuberous root harvested from the vine.
  • We are having roasted sweet potato for dinner.
• Ipomoea batatas (noun): The scientific, botanical name for the plant species.
• Yam (noun): In some regions, especially North America, the sweet potato tuber is colloquially called a "yam," though true yams are a different botanical species.

Synonyms

• Kumara vine (noun): A common name used in New Zealand and Polynesia.
• Camote vine (noun): A common name used in Spanish-speaking regions and the Philippines.

Related Phrases

• To grow sweet potato vines: This phrase describes the action of cultivating the plant.
  • He learned how to grow sweet potato vines from slips.

Học thuật

Noun

1. pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large sweet tuberous root with orange flesh

Từ đồng nghĩa

• sweet potato
• Ipomoea batatas