| Main Entry: | potato |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vegetable |
Synonyms: |
murphy, plant, spud, tater, tuber, yam |
| Main Entry: | tuber |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vegetable |
Synonyms: |
beet, bulb, jalap, potato, root, salep, taro, turnip, yam |
| Notes: | tubers are different from bulbs and corms in that they have no basal plate or enveloping leaves |