ackersprit

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English[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ackersprit (not comparable)

  1. (Chester) When the eyes of a potato tuber have germinated before the potato was got up, and have formed a number of small unripe tubers attached to the old, supertuberation.[1]
  2. (Chester) When the axillary buds on the stem of a potato grow into small green tubers, as is often the case in wet seasons.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Robert Holland, M.R.A.C., A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester, Part I--A to F., English Dialect Society, London, 1884, 3

Anagrams[edit]

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