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tuber

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1. tuber - Noun

2. Tuber - Proper noun

Meaning

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

A genus of fungi. See Truffle.

A tuberosity; a tubercle.

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Verse should be as natural As the small tuber that feeds on muck And grows slowly from obtuse soil To the white flower of immortal beauty. R. S. Thomas

Great haste breaks the yam tuber. Kikuyu Proverb

Despite numerous attempts over the years to isolate and purify the assumed virus, using increasingly sophisticated methods, these were unsuccessful when applied to extracts from potato spindle tuber disease-afflicted plants. Source: Internet

Chlorogenic acid constitutes up to 90% of the potato tuber natural phenols. Source: Internet

It continues until the entire tuber is oxidized and blackened within two to three days after harvest, rendering it unpalatable and useless. Source: Internet

Characteristics Flowers of a potato plant Russet potatoes Potato plants are herbaceous perennials that grow about convert high, depending on variety, with the leaves dying back after flowering, fruiting and tuber formation. Source: Internet

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