Batata may refer to:
Batata may refer to:
The sweet potato is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the bindweed or morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are used as a root vegetable. The young shoots and leaves are sometimes eaten as greens. Cultivars of the sweet potato have been bred to bear tubers with flesh and skin of various colors. Sweet potato is only distantly related to the common potato, both being in the order Solanales. Although darker sweet potatoes are often referred to as "yams" in parts of North America, the species is even more distant from the true yams, which are monocots in the order Dioscoreales.
Ipomoea is the largest genus in the plant family Convolvulaceae, with over 600 species. It is a large and diverse group, with common names including morning glory, water convolvulus or water spinach, sweet potato, bindweed, moonflower, etc. The genus occurs throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, and comprises annual and perennial herbaceous plants, lianas, shrubs, and small trees; most of the species are twining climbing plants.
Arracacia xanthorrhiza is a root vegetable that originates in the Andes, whose starchy taproot is a popular food item across South America where it is a major commercial crop.
Batatais is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil.
Taro is a root vegetable. It is the most widely cultivated species of several plants in the family Araceae that are used as vegetables for their corms, leaves, stems and petioles. Taro corms are a food staple in African, Oceanic, East Asian, Southeast Asian and South Asian cultures. Taro is believed to be one of the earliest cultivated plants.
Pereira is a surname in the Portuguese and Galician languages, well known and quite common, mostly in Portugal, Galicia, Brazil, other regions of the former Portuguese Empire, among Galician descendants in Spanish-speaking Latin America. The adoption of this surname also became common among Sephardic Jews of Portuguese origin and was historically spread throughout the Sephardic Jewish diaspora. Origin: toponymic/natural world, from Latin pirum or pyrus. Currently, it is one of the most common surnames in South America and Europe. Started as a noble Christian toponym of the Middle Ages, taken from the feudal estate of Pereira, Portugal, which in Portuguese means 'pear tree'.
Michael may refer to:
Tariq is an Arabic word and given name.
Saad is a common male Arabic given name. The name stems from the Arabic verb sa‘ada.
Canarian Spanish or Canary Island Spanish is a variant of standard Spanish spoken in the Canary Islands by the Canary Islanders.
Ceratocystis fimbriata is a fungus and a plant pathogen, attacking such diverse plants as the sweet potato and the tapping panels of the Para rubber tree. It is a diverse species that attacks a wide variety of annual and perennial plants. There are several host-specialized strains, some of which, such as Ceratocystis platani that attacks plane trees, are now described as distinct species.
Salaam is a short form of As-salamu alaykum, an Arabic greeting meaning "Peace be upon you". This phrase and the Arabic word Salām سلام 'peace' derive from the Semitic root Š-L-M.
Jalal is a masculine given or family name. The name or word Jalal means majesty and is used to honor and venerate.
Roberto Monteiro, commonly known by the nickname Roberto Batata, was an association football forward who played for several Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Cruzeiro and for the Brazil national team.
Bishara, Beshero, Bechara or Beshara (بشارة) is a common Arabic and Coptic name in the Middle East. It is most common in Egypt, Iraq and Syria. In Arabic, Bishāra means “Good News” an Arabic word which is the equivalent to Greek εὐαγγέλιον euangélion, meaning “The Gospel”. As such, bearers of this surname are predominantly Christian.
Yara is a given name developed independently in the Arabic and Tupi languages, and also the anglicized spelling of a number of unrelated given names.
Fakhoury or variant Fakhouri or variants Al-Fakhoury, Al-Fakhouri, El-Fakhoury, or El-Fakhouri is an Arabic surname originating in Lebanon, with many people bearing the surname being Palestinian or Jordanian.
Monteiro is an occupational Portuguese surname meaning 'hunter'. Notable people with the surname include:
Nílton Pinheiro da Silva, known as Nílton Batata, is a Brazilian footballer.