"Lumper" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Lumpers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Lumper (countable and uncountable, plural Lumpers)
  1. A variety of potato, best known as the variety that failed in the Irish potato famine. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Potatoes

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