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prepotato

prepotato adjective: before the introduction of the potato to Europe from the New World.

Adjective

prepotato (not comparable)

  1. Before the introduction of the potato to Europe from the New World.
    • In Ireland, land became scarce relative to the rapidly growing population in the early nineteenth century, whereupon fertility began a retreat to its low, prepotato level.1997, The St. Croix Review, volume 30, page 32

Origin of prepotato

From pre- + potato.

Questions about prepotato

What does prepotato mean?
Prepotato means before the introduction of the potato to Europe from the New World.
What part of speech is prepotato?
Prepotato is an adjective.

Words near prepotato in the dictionary

  1. preposterously
  2. preposterousness
  3. prepostmodern
  4. prepostor
  5. prepostors
  6. prepotato
  7. prepotence
  8. prepotences
  9. prepotencies
  10. prepotency
  11. prepotent

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