ackersprit

English

Adjective

ackersprit (not comparable)

(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.[1]
(Chester) When the axillary buds on the stem of a potato grow into small green tubers, as is often the case in wet seasons.[1]

References

Robert Holland, M.R.A.C., A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester, Part I--A to F., English Dialect Society, London, 1884, 3

Anagrams

IP trackers, peritracks, skip tracer, skip-tracer, skiptracer

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