ジャガタラいも

noun

potato (Solanum tuberosum)

An older name for the common potato, now largely replaced by ジャガイモ. Still encountered in historical or regional contexts.

See also: じゃがいも

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいにはジャガタラいもがオランダから伝つたわった。

  In the Edo period, potatoes were introduced from the Netherlands.

• この地ち方ほうでは今いまでもジャガタラいもと呼よぶことがある。

  In this region, they still sometimes call them 'jagatara-imo'.