1. (

• potato ,
• white_potato ,
• Irish_potato ,
• murphy ,
• spud ,
• tater

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

2. (

• spud ,
• stump_spud

) a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds ;

1. (

• spud

) initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum; "The well was spudded in April" ;

2. (

• shoot ,
• spud ,
• germinate ,
• pullulate ,
• bourgeon ,
• burgeon_forth ,
• sprout

) produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted" ;