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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.

Definition 2024


Tuber

Tuber

See also: tuber

Translingual

Proper noun

Tuber n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Tuberaceae – true truffles and close relatives.

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Hyponyms

tuber

tuber

See also: Tuber

English

Noun

tuber (plural tubers)

  1. A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, as for example a potato or arrowroot.
  2. (horticulture) A thickened "root-stock".

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French

Etymology

From tube + -er

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tybe/

Verb

tuber

  1. to make into a tube shape
  2. to put into a tube

Conjugation

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Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (to swell).

Pronunciation

Noun

tūber n (genitive tūberis); third declension

  1. a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence
  2. the cyclamen or other similar plants with tuberous roots
  3. a truffle (any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber)
Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case Singular Plural
nominative tūber tūbera
genitive tūberis tūberum
dative tūberī tūberibus
accusative tūber tūbera
ablative tūbere tūberibus
vocative tūber tūbera
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

See tubus

Pronunciation

Noun

tuber m, f (genitive tuberis); third declension

  1. (usually feminine) a kind of tree or bush of foreign origin, possibly the azarole (Crataegus azarolus)
  2. (usually masculine) the fruit of the above tree
Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative tuber tuberēs
genitive tuberis tuberum
dative tuberī tuberibus
accusative tuberem tuberēs
ablative tubere tuberibus
vocative tuber tuberēs
Alternative forms
  • tubur

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