Tuber

['tjuːbə] or ['tʊbɚ]

Definition

(noun.) type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles.

(noun.) a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage.

Typist: Lottie--From WordNet

Definition

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

(n.) A genus of fungi. See Truffle.

(n.) A tuberosity; a tubercle.

Typist: Molly

Definition

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.

Edited by Cathryn