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spud n. [
potato, white potato, Irish potato, murphy, tater] an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
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spud v. initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum; "The well was spudded in April"
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spud n. [
stump spud] a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds
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spud v. [
shoot, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout] produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"
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