sweet potato UK /ˈswiːt pəˈteɪ.təʊ/US /ˈswit pəˈteɪ.toʊ/ noun3 •The tuber of this plant cooked as a vegetable.The sweet potato is the article referred to as potato by Shakespeare and other English writers, previous to the middle of the seventeenth century. — 1892 •A tropical perennial American vine, Ipomoea batatas, having a fleshy tuber. •An ocarina. formssweet potatoes