Meaning of Maris Piper in English:
Maris Piper
noun
A potato of a variety with creamy flesh and smooth oval tubers.
‘Potatoes count, too - John and Marco Valente of Valente's in Kirkcaldy swear by English Maris Pipers.’
- ‘No, Maris Pipers are sold to McCains so they can be made into frozen chips.’
- ‘Strange that you ask as only today I wanted Maris Pipers but they were sold out.’
Origin
1970s named after Maris Lane, original site of the Plant Breeding Institute; Piper was chosen arbitrarily as a word beginning with p- for potato.