Definitions for tuberˈtu bər, ˈtyu-

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

tu•berˈtu bər, ˈtyu-(n.)

  1. a thick, fleshy underground stem, as the potato, that bears buds from which new plants may arise.

    Category: Botany

  2. Category: Anatomy

    Ref: tubercle.

Origin of tuber:

1660–70; < L tūber bump, swelling. Cf. truffle

tu′ber•oid`(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. tuber(noun)

    a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage

  2. Tuber, genus Tuber(noun)

    type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles

Wiktionary

  1. tuber(Noun)

    A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, as for example a potato or arrowroot.

  2. tuber(Noun)

    A thickened "root-stock".

  3. Origin: From tuber.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tuber(noun)

    a fleshy, rounded stem or root, usually containing starchy matter, as the potato or arrowroot; a thickened root-stock. See Illust. of Tuberous

  2. Tuber(noun)

    a genus of fungi. See Truffle

  3. Tuber(noun)

    a tuberosity; a tubercle


Translations for tuber

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

tuber(noun)

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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