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Definition of Tuber

1. Noun. A fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage.

2. Noun. Type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles.

Definition of Tuber

1. n. A fleshy, rounded stem or root, usually containing starchy matter, as the potato or arrowroot; a thickened root-stock. See Illust. of Tuberous.

Definition of Tuber

1. a thick underground stem [n -S]

Medical Definition of Tuber

1. A starchy storage organ (such as a potato) formed by swelling of an underground stem or the distal end of a root. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tuber

tube-shell tubectomy tubed tubed flap tubed pedicle flap tubeful tubefuls tubelength mechanical tubelength optical tubeless

tubeless tire tubelike tubenose tubenoses tuber (current term) Tuber Tuberaceae Tuberales tuberal nuclei tubercidin

tubercle tubercle tubercles tubercle bacillus tubercle bacillus tubercle of anterior scalene muscle tubercle of iliac crest tubercle of nucleus gracilis tubercle of rib tubercle of saddle

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