Definition of tubers Tubers

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Noun Plural: tubers
tuber - a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage
		stalk, stem a stiff or threatening gait
		water chestnut edible bulbous tuber of a Chinese marsh plant
		wild bean, groundnut, potato bean nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans
		jerusalem artichoke sunflower tuber eaten raw or boiled or sliced thin and fried as Saratoga chips
tuber - type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles
		genus Tuber
		fungus genus includes lichen genera
		family tuberaceae, tuberaceae family of fungi whose ascocarps resemble tubers and vary in size from that of an acorn to that of a large apple

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tuber (Noun)
A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, as for example a potato or arrowroot.
tuber (Noun)
A thickened "root-stock".

tuber (n.)
A fleshy, rounded stem or root, usually containing starchy matter, as the potato or arrowroot; a thickened root-stock. See Illust. of Tuberous.
tuber (n.)
A genus of fungi. See Truffle.
tuber (n.)
A tuberosity; a tubercle.

tuber
A fleshy, thickened under-ground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch.

tuber
tū′bėr, n. a knob in roots: a rounded, fleshy underground stem, as in the potato, formed by a part of the stem becoming thick and fleshy: a swelling.—ns. Tuber′culum, Tū′bercule, a little tuber: a small rounded elevation on a bodily organ.—adjs. Tuberif′erous, bearing tubers; Tū′beriform.—ns. Tuberos′ity, Tū′berousness.—adjs. Tū′berous, Tū′berōse, having, or consisting of, tubers: knobbed. [L. tuber, a swelling, from root of L. tumēre, to swell.]