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Noun: wild potato  wI(-u)ld pu'tey-tow
  1. Erect or spreading perennial of southwestern United States and Mexico bearing small pale brown to cream-coloured tubers resembling potatoes
    "Wild potato plants were gathered by indigenous peoples";
    - Solanum jamesii

Derived forms: wild potatoes

Type of: vine

Part of: genus Solanum, Solanum

Encyclopedia: Wild potato