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Noun: Irish potato  'I-rish pu'tey-tow
Usage: US
  1. An edible tuber native to South America
    "They planted Murphy Irish potatoes in their garden";
    - potato, white potato [US], murphy [informal], spud [informal], tater [informal], tatie [UK, dialect], pratie [Ireland], tattie [UK, dialect], praty [Ireland], aloo [Asia], alu [Asia]

Derived forms: Irish potatoes

Type of: root vegetable, solanaceous vegetable, starches

Part of: potato, Solanum tuberosum, white potato [US], white potato vine

Encyclopedia: Irish potato