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potato: an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum; "The well was spudded in April" shoot: produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted" a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds
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| spur |
goad: a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" incite or stimulate; "The Academy was formed to spur research" give heart or courage to any sharply pointed projection tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers strike with a spur a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward; "cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on" goad with spurs; "the rider spurred his horse" equip with spurs; "spur horses" branch line: a railway line connected to a trunk line
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| spurious |
specious: plausible but false; "a specious claim"; "spurious inferences" bastardly: born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman inauthentic: intended to deceive; "a spurious work of art"
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| sputum |
phlegm: expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness
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| spurious meningocele |
traumatic meningocele, a condition resembling cranial meningocele, but caused by trauma; meninges herniate through a skull defect after tearing of the arachnoid. Called also Billroth's disease and cephalhydrocele traumatica.
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