tuber.
A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, for example a potato or arrowroot.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
From Latin tūber (“bump, hump, swelling”).
One who tubes.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin tuba Latin tubusder. Middle French tubeder. English tube English -er English tuber From tube + -er.
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