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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

The seed potato ban will be revoked this autumn, as will a similar ban on so-called "high risk" trees and shrubs.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 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

My cache included four bags of onion bulbs — maybe 800 in all — three pounds of a seed potato named Katahdin and another three-pound bag of French fingerling potatoes.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2016

Most of the seed potato varieties found in garden centers are early or midseason types chosen by farmers for yield without regard to flavor or nutrition.

From Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway by Solomon, Steve

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