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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 Ireland
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)
