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Noun: murphy  mur-fee
Usage: informal
  1. An edible tuber native to South America
    - potato, white potato [US], Irish potato [US], spud [informal], tater [informal], pratie [Ireland], tatie [UK, dialect], aloo [Asia], praty [Ireland], tattie [UK, dialect], alu [Asia]

Derived forms: murphies

Type of: root vegetable, solanaceous vegetable, starches

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

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