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• n  annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous
• n  an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

• potato
• white potato vine
• Solanum tuberosum
• Irish potato
• murphy
• spud
• tater

News & Articles

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• USDA rule on potatoes incites industry ire
  Americans love to pile on the potatoes - we consumed a whopping 112 pounds per capita last year. But according to the National Potato Council, the U.S. Department of Agriculture "discriminates" against fresh, white potatoes.
  June 20, 2013 - Minnesota Public Radio