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1. (n.) tuber
a thick, fleshy underground stem, as the potato, that bears buds from which new plants may arise.
Etymology: (1660–70; < L tūber bump, swelling. Cf. truffle)
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1. (noun) tuber
a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage
2. (noun) Tuber, genus Tuber
type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles
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1. (noun) Tuber
a fleshy, rounded stem or root, usually containing starchy matter, as the potato or arrowroot; a thickened root-stock. See Illust. of Tuberous
2. (noun) Tuber
a genus of fungi. See Truffle
3. (noun) Tuber
a tuberosity; a tubercle
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Sense: a swelling on the stem or root of a plant, in which food is stored
Potatoes are the tubers of the potato plant.
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 Afrikaans: knol |
 Arabic: عُسْقول: نَبات صالِح للأك |
 Bulgarian: грудка |
 Brazilian: tubérculo |
 Czech: hlíza |
 German: die Knolle |
 Danish: rodknold |
 Greek: βολβός |
 Spanish: tubérculo |
 Estonian: mugul |
 Farsi: تکمه |
 Finnish: mukula |
 French: tubercule |
 Hebrew: פְּקַעַת |
 Hindi: कन्द |
 Croatian: gomolj |
 Hungarian: gumó |
 Indonesian: umbi |
 Icelandic: hnÿði, rótarhnÿði |
 Italian: tubero |
 Japanese: 塊茎 |
 Korean: 덩이줄기 |
 Lithuanian: gumbas |
 Latvian: gums; bumbulis |
 Malay: ubi |
 Dutch: knol |
 Norwegian: rotknoll |
 Polish: bulwa |
 Persian: تکمه |
 Pashto: غوټه ، بیخ ، مونډ |
 Portuguese: tubérculo |
 Romanian: tubercul |
 Russian: клубень |
 Slovak: hľuza |
 Slovenian: gomolj |
 Serbian: krtola |
 Swedish: rot-, stamknöl |
 Thai: หัวใต้ดินของพืช |
 Turkish: yumru (kök) |
 Taiwanese: (植物的)塊莖 |
 Ukrainian: бульба |
 Urdu: گلٹي، گومڑا |
 Vietnamese: thân, củ |
 Chinese: （植物的）块茎 |
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