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...Solanum Tuberosum. The word "potato" is an old misnomer derived from the Spanish word batata, meaning sweet potato, which is not a true potato at all but a cousin of the morning glory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLORA & FAUNA: The Evil Root | 9/18/1950 | See Source »

...From the Taino word batata, pronounced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Ahoy, Polloi! | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

...this horror, having sighted only two barren islands, they reached fertile Guam. By this time his men had chalked 85 murders against Magellan. Out of the 540 days the voyage had lasted, only two weeks, when they feasted at St. Lucy's Bay on roast peccary, manioc bread, batata and native women, could have been called pleasant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mutiny With Magellan | 11/15/1937 | See Source »

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