Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hog potato

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.46 in modern English

Syllables
hog pota-to
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any species or cultivar of potato or sweet potato so disagreeable in taste and/or small that it is preferedly employed to feed pigs.

noun

Toxicoscordion venenosum (formerly Zigadenus venosus)

American usage; Archaic

Usage

Inflected Forms

hog potatoes (plural) hog potatoe (alternative) hog-potato (alternative) hog-potatoe (alternative) hog's potato (alternative)

Synonyms

death camas

Questions

What does hog potato mean?
Any species or cultivar of potato or sweet potato so disagreeable in taste and/or small that it is preferedly employed to feed pigs.

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