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Webster 1913 Edition

Tuber

Tu′ber

,
Noun.
[L., a hump. knob; probably akin to
tumere
to swell. Cf.
Tumid
.]
1.
(Bot.)
(a)
A fleshy, rounded stem or root, usually containing starchy matter, as the potato or arrowroot; a thickened root-stock. See Illust. of
Tuberous
.
(b)
A genus of fungi. See
Truffle
.
2.
(Anat.)
A tuberosity; a tubercle.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tuber

TU'BER

,
Noun.
In botany, a knob in roots, solid,with the component particles all similar.

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