prepotato

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pre- +‎ potato

Adjective[edit]

prepotato (not comparable)

  1. Before the introduction of the potato to Europe from the New World.
    • 1997, The St. Croix Review, volume 30, page 32:
      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.