POTATO NOSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does potato nose mean? 

• POTATO NOSE (noun)
  The noun POTATO NOSE has 1 sense:

1. enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin; often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol

  Familiarity information: POTATO NOSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POTATO NOSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin; often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

brandy nose; copper nose; hammer nose; hypertrophic rosacea; potato nose; rhinophyma; rum-blossom; rum nose; toper's nose

Hypernyms ("potato nose" is a kind of...):

rhinopathy (any disease or malformation of the nose)