sweet-potatoey

English

Etymology

From sweet potato +‎ -ey.

Adjective

sweet-potatoey (comparative more sweet-potatoey, superlative most sweet-potatoey)

  1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of sweet potatoes.
    sweet-potatoey flavour
    • 1995, Louis Sarno, edited by Stephen Ciabattoni, Bayaka: The Extraordinary Music of the Babenzélé Pygmies and Sounds of Their Forest Home, Roslyn, NY: Ellipsis Arts, page 60:
      The rain forest may be loaded with all kinds of edible fruits like […] the giant irregularly oblong green fruit called mbé (Anonidium mannii) that falls with a far-carrying head-crushing thud and whose orange flesh with its sweet-potatoey flavor is so rich in protein that in a real fix its ripe pasty flesh eaten salted and spiced with chilies makes a delicious substitute meal.
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