tuber

Speech parts

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

murphy berry piper corn foundation taro radix plant potato spud bather ball origin root seed
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Antonyms

end result effect relic sequence ending
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Hypernyms

fungus genus

Hyponyms

potato groundnut Jerusalem artichoke potato bean

Phrases with the word

frontal tuber tuber root tuber crop edible tuber tuber frontale tuber fleeceflower

Anagrams

brute rebut buret Ubert

Examples

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

Close letter words and terms

tubemaking tubenose tubeplate tuber cinereum tuber crop tuber fleeceflower