Irish potato

/ˈaɪɹɪʃ pətˈeɪtəʊ/

/ˈaɪɹɪʃ pətˈeɪɾoʊ/

[noun]

Irish potato

[NOUN]

an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

synonyms : murphy

Examples

1. In one instance, a 3-year-old boy was rescued from his burial during the Irish potato famine after a gravedigger struck his legs, causing him to cry out in pain.

2. As far as plant diseases go, potato spindle tuber disease wasn’t a life-or-death situation like the Irish potato famine in the mid-1800s.