Noun: murphy mur-fee
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- An edible tuber native to South America
"They planted Murphy potatoes in their garden";
- potato, white potato [US], Irish potato [US], spud [informal], tater [informal], tatie [UK, dialect], pratie [Ireland], tattie [UK, dialect], praty [Ireland], aloo [Asia], alu [Asia]
Derived forms: murphies
Type of: root vegetable, solanaceous vegetable, starches
Part of: potato, Solanum tuberosum, white potato [US], white potato vine
Encyclopedia: Murphy, Nicholas