batata
/buh-tah-tuh; Spanish bah-tah-tah/US // bəˈtɑ tə; Spanish bɑˈtɑ tɑ //UK // (bəˈtɑːtə) //
巴塔塔,巴塔特,巴塔拉
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a type of tropical sweet potato, Batatas edulis, somewhat dry and delicate in flavor.
Examples
When Batata saw me making preparations for departure, he warmly pressed me to stay to breakfast.
I answered that I had been surprised at first, but had ceased to believe that she was a child of Batata's, or of any of his kin.
In some parts of America the Batata, next to maize, forms the principal diet of the poorer classes.
Their food consists principally of batata, besides some gabi (caladium).
The bread of the country is made from a root that looks like the batata, the stalk of which is like alder.
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