Definition Synonyms
Definition of tuber - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
1.
botanyTECH. thick underground part of a stem or rhizomeTECH.
- Potatoes are tubers that grow beneath the soil.
2.
medicalTECH. rounded structure in the bodyTECH.
- The tuber is visible in the X-ray.
Images of tuber
thick underground part of a stem or rhizome
Origin of tuber
Latin, tuber (swelling)
Terms with tuber included in their meaning
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food
starchy tuber eaten as a vegetable
food
edible starchy tuber from a tropical root plant
vegetable
edible tuber with sweet orange flesh
food
vegetable with an edible root or tuber
gardening
potato tuber intended for growing plants
tuber
edible plant root used for food or traditional medicine
food
edible tuber grown from a tropical legume plant
food
sunflower tuber eaten as a vegetable
botany
tropical plant whose starchy tuber yields a common thickener
sweet potato
edible tuber from the sweet potato plant
edible tuber
plant with starchy tuberous roots
food
small edible tuber often used in Asian cooking
root
small edible tuber from a plant used to make horchata
botany
edible tuber of the plant Cyperus esculentus
plants
tuber of the Conopodium majus plant
food
tuber from a tropical plant similar to taro
food
edible powder or jelly from an Asian tuber used in low-calorie cooking
vegetable
starchy tuber from a tropical root plant used for food
food
edible underground tuber cooked and eaten like potatoes
plants
edible tuber of Conopodium majus in western Europe
ingredient
starch extracted from a tropical tuber used to thicken puddings
crop pathology
potato tuber illness from Clavibacter michiganensis, leaving circular internal breakdown
food
edible tuber of the Jerusalem artichoke plant
plants
edible tuber of the chufa plant
Examples of tuber in a sentence
The gardener carefully dug up the tuber from the ground. The doctor explained the function of the tuber. A fracture was found near the tuber.
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- French:tubercule, ...
- German:Knolle, Höcker, ...
- Italian:tubero, tubercolo, ...
- Spanish:tubérculo, protuberancia, ...
- Portuguese:tubérculo, protuberância, ...
- Chinese:块茎, 结节, ...
- Japanese:塊茎, 結節, ...
- Arabic:دَرَنَة, حُدْبَة, ...
- Hebrew:פְּקַעַת, גַּבְשׁוּשׁ, ...
- Russian:клубень, бугорок, ...
- Ukrainian:бульба, вузол, ...
- Hindi:कंद, गोल संरचना, ...
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