How to pronounce eye

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What eye means

noun

Most people know eye in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

A small bud on a potato that can grow a new plant

In a sentence: Grandpa cut the potato into chunks so each one had an eye that could sprout.

Where it comes from: It is the same word as the eye you see with, which comes from the Old English word ēage.

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