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seed potato

British  

noun

  1. a potato tuber used for planting

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"The likes of the seed potato industry has been massively impacted. So anything that can reduce that friction has to be welcomed."

From BBC May 19, 2025

Scientists had been predicting that PCN would wipe out Scotland’s seed potato industry by 2050.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2024

The GB seed potato ban will also be partially revoked: trade between registered operators will be possible but not sales direct to consumers.

From BBC Sep. 29, 2023

In December, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said a national survey detected no potato wart in seed potato fields not already under surveillance.

From Washington Post Feb. 5, 2022

It matters not so much whether the seed potato be large or small; it must, however, come from a hill bearing a large yield of fine potatoes.

From Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition by Charles William Burkett

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