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tuber.

exotic fruit; (azarole or oriental medlar); the bush (Crataegus azarolus); apple (L+S); fruit from a kind of apple-tree; kind of apple-tree; tumor, protuberance, bump, excrescence; truffle; plant with tuberous root;

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈtuː.bɛr]Classical-Latin[ˈtuː.ber]
  1. a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence

    declension-3
  2. the cyclamen or other similar plants with tuberous roots

    declension-3
  3. a truffle (any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber)

    declension-3
Where this word comes from

Probably from Proto-Italic *tūβos, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”) (though De Vaan is skeptical of the hypothetical morphology).

noun[ˈtʊ.bɛr]Classical-Latin[ˈtuː.ber]
  1. a kind of tree or bush of foreign origin, possibly the azarole (Crataegus azarolus)

    declension-3 · feminine · feminine-usually · masculine
  2. the fruit of the above tree

    declension-3 · feminine · masculine · masculine-usually
Where this word comes from

See tubus.

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