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
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to transfer pollen from the anthers to the stigma of (a flower)
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the separation of leaves, branches, flowers, and bark from plants by the formation of an abscission layer
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a longitudinal strand of vascular tissue in the stems and leaves of higher plants
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a thick horizontal underground stem of plants such as the mint and iris whose buds develop new roots and shoots
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the part of a fruit enclosing the seeds; pericarp
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