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    MURPHY

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Irelandplay

    Synonyms:

    Irish potato; murphy; potato; spud; tater; white potato

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting foods and drinks

    Hypernyms ("murphy" is a kind of...):

    starches (foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread))

    solanaceous vegetable (any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum, Capsicum, and Lycopersicon)

    root vegetable (any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers)

    Meronyms (parts of "murphy"):

    jacket (the outer skin of a potato)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "murphy"):

    baked potato (potato that has been cooked by baking it in an oven)

    chips; french-fried potatoes; french fries; fries (strips of potato fried in deep fat)

    home-fried potatoes; home fries (sliced pieces of potato fried in a pan until brown and crisp)

    mashed potato (potato that has been peeled and boiled and then mashed)

    Uruguay potato (similar to the common potato)

    Holonyms ("murphy" is a part of...):

    potato; Solanum tuberosum; white potato; white potato vine (annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous)

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