meaning of tuber
1. A fleshy, rounded stem or root, usually containing starchy matter, as the potato or arrowroot; a thickened root-stock. See Illust. of Tuberous.
2. A genus of fungi. See Truffle.
3. A tuberosity; a tubercle.
4. type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles
Related Words
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