Definition of 'tuber'
Word forms: plural tubers
countable noun
A tuber is the
swollen underground stem of particular types of plants.
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Word Frequency
tuber in British English
noun
1.
a
fleshy
underground
stem (as in the
potato) or
root (as in the
dahlia) that is an
organ of
vegetative
reproduction and food
storage
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Word origin
C17: from Latin tūber hump
Word Frequency
tuber in American English
noun
1.
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Word origin
L, lit., a swelling, knob, truffle < IE *teubh- < base *tēu-, to swell >
thumb, L tumere, to swell
Word Frequency
tuber in American English 1
(ˈtuːbər, ˈtjuː-)
noun
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
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Derived forms
tuberless adjective
tuberoid
adjective
Word origin
[1660–70; ‹ L tūber bump, swelling. Compare truffle]Word Frequency
tuber in American English 2
(ˈtuːbər, ˈtjuː-)
noun
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Word origin
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the long dry dehiscent fruit produced by leguminous plants; a pod
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a solution of mineral salts, sugars, etc, that circulates in a plant
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a racemose inflorescence having many small sessile flowers borne on a fleshy stem, the whole usually being surrounded by a spathe: typical of aroid plants
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a small body in seed-bearing plants that consists of the integument(s), nucellus, and embryosac (containing the egg cell) and develops into the seed after fertilization
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the evaporation of water from a plant's leaves, stem, or flowers
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