Potato, informally Crossword Clue

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TATER

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(noun)
1. an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
2. a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds
(verb)
1. produce buds, branches, or germinate
2. initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

INFORMALLY (adverb)
1. with the use of colloquial expressions
POTATO (noun)
1. annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous
2. an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

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TATER
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