prepotato

adj

prepotato

adj

Etymology From pre- + potato.

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:

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