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tuber
1[ too-ber, tyoo- ]
noun
- Botany. a fleshy, usually oblong or rounded thickening or outgrowth, as the potato, of a subterranean stem or shoot, bearing minute scalelike leaves with buds or eyes in their axils from which new plants may arise.
- Anatomy. a rounded swelling or protuberance; a tuberosity; a tubercle.
tuber
2[ too-ber, tyoo- ]
noun
- a person or thing that forms, installs, or operates with tubes.
tuber
/ ˈ³ÙÂá³Ü˲úÉ™ /
noun
- a fleshy underground stem (as in the potato) or root (as in the dahlia) that is an organ of vegetative reproduction and food storage
- anatomy a raised area; swelling
tuber
/ ³Ù´ÇÌ…´Ç̅′²úÉ™°ù /
- The thickened part of an underground stem of a plant, such as the potato, bearing buds from which new plant shoots arise.
- Compare bulb
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³Ù³Üb±ð°ù·±ô±ð²õ²õ adjective
- ³Ù³Üb±ð°ù·´Ç¾±»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of tuber1
Example Sentences
The movie starts in fictional Chuglass, Idaho, the “potato chip capital of America,†where a giant tuber mascot looms over the town.
The distinctive tangy taste of attiéké comes from the cassava tubers mixed with fermented cassava, which gives it its unique flavour and texture.
A team from the University of Illinois has engineered potato to be more resilient to global warming showing 30% increases in tuber mass under heatwave conditions.
These defensive chemicals are found inside cells throughout the cassava plant's leaves, stem and tubers, where they usually sit idle.
Cedar just smiled at me as she nibbled on a cattail tuber.
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