Formal or botanical term for potato; in everyday language ジャガイモ is overwhelmingly preferred.
See also: じゃがいも
The potato is a plant of the nightshade family.
Potato cultivation is thriving in this region.
馬鈴薯 is the formal, scientific/agricultural term for the potato, while じゃがいも is the everyday word used in cooking and daily speech.
potato starch
Standard kanji spelling for potato, though ジャガイモ is far more common in everyday use.
Rare variant using 藷 instead of 薯; it is rarely used.
Katakana spelling, often used in botanical or agricultural contexts.
The kanji 馬鈴薯 is a Chinese-derived term for potato, literally 'horse-bell tuber', possibly from the shape of the tubers. The reading ばれいしょ is the on'yomi of these characters.