wild potato

noun

a plant, Solanum jamesii, of the southwestern U.S., related to the edible cultivated potato.
man-of-the-earth.

Origin of wild potato

An Americanism dating back to 1765–75

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Even the wild potato found in the Yellowstone Country is thought one of the best of edible wild roots.
Breakfast Dainties | Thomas J. Murrey
The wild potato strongly resembles the species now in use in Europe, but the stem and leaf are essentially different.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. | Various
The wild potato grows on these islands in great abundance, on the sandy, shelly soil near the sea-beach.
A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World | Charles Darwin
Mr. Reed told the children about the wild potato, which belongs to South America.
The Old Market-Cart | Mrs. F. B. Smith
The Abnaki name of the wild potato or ground-nut was pen, pl.
The Composition of Indian Geographical Names | J. Hammond Trumbull

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