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camote

Plural: camotes

Language: Spanish

Description: Sweet potato.

camote
Sweet potatoes, with thanks to Michael Young's Fruit & Veg in Cambridge Market

Pronounced: kah-MOH-tehs

Latin: Ipomoea batatas/Dioscorea spp.

Ethnicity: Latin American, Mexican, Spanish

Most frequent country: Latin America, Mexico, Spain

Also known as: batata

See places: Spanish food and cuisine, Mexican food and cuisine

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