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Definitions for Tuber

[1] 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.
[2] Anatomy . a rounded swelling or protuberance; a tuberosity; a tubercle.
[3] a person or thing that forms, installs, or operates with tubes.
[4] Also called inner-tuber. a person who participates in the sport of tubing.
[5] a fleshy underground stem (as in the potato) or root (as in the dahlia) that is an organ of vegetative reproduction and food storage
[6] anatomy a raised area; swelling

Words related to Tuber

beet, potato, bulb, root, taro, yam, turnip, jalap, salep

Words nearby Tuber

tubectomy, tubed flap, tubeless tire, tubeless tyre, tubenose, tuber, tuber cinereum, tuber fern, tubercle, tubercle bacillus, tubercle of rib

Origin of Tuber

2First recorded in 1920–25; tube + -er1

Other words from Tuber

tu·ber·less , adjective
tu·ber·oid , adjective

Word origin for Tuber

C17: from Latin tūber hump

Synonyms for Tuber

beet, bulb, potato, root, taro, turnip, yam, jalap, salep