tuber
A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, for…A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, for example a potato or arrowroot.
» The goats dug for roots and tubers when grass was scarce.
Meaning
4 sensesA fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, for example a potato or arrowroot.
Knolle, Wurzelknolle
клу́беньklúbenʹ
бу́льбаbúlʹba
a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage
A thickened rootstock.
A rounded, protuberant structure in a human or animal body.
One who tubes.
Examples
3 sentencesThe goats dug for roots and tubers when grass was scarce.
Potatoes are tubers.
The doctor suggested a Kitavan islander's diet of tubers, fresh fruit, coconut, and fish.
deDer Arzt riet zu einer Ernährung wie auf der Insel Kitava aus Knollen, frischem Obst, Kokosnuss und Fisch. — Eccles17
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Latin tūber (“bump, hump, swelling”).From Latin tūber (“bump, hump, swelling”).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: tubersSynonyms
1 synonyms- type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles:genus Tuber
Word family
22 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular