tuber

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, for example a potato or arrowroot.
A thickened rootstock.
A rounded, protuberant structure in a human or animal body.

noun

name

tyo͞oʹbə /ˈtjuːbə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tuber.wav to͞oʹbə /ˈtubɚ/

tuber tubers tubera

From Latin tūber (“bump, hump, swelling”).

tubercle tubercular

storage tuber supertuberation tuber cinereum tuber fleeceflower tuberization

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