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ackersprit

ackersprit adjective: when the eyes of a potato tuber have germinated before the potato was got up, and have formed a number of small unripe tubers attached to the old, supertuberation.

Adjective

ackersprit (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, Chester) When the eyes of a potato tuber have germinated before the potato was got up, and have formed a number of small unripe tubers attached to the old, supertuberation.
  2. (obsolete, Chester) When the axillary buds on the stem of a potato grow into small green tubers, as is often the case in wet seasons.

Questions about ackersprit

What does ackersprit mean?
Ackersprit means when the eyes of a potato tuber have germinated before the potato was got up, and have formed a number of small unripe tubers attached to the old, supertuberation.
What part of speech is ackersprit?
Ackersprit is an adjective.

Words near ackersprit in the dictionary

  1. Ackermann function
  2. Ackermans
  3. ackers
  4. Ackerson
  5. Ackersons
  6. ackersprit
  7. ackerspyre
  8. Ackert
  9. Ackerts
  10. acketon
  11. acketons

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