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tuber::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | genus tuber |
| Type of | fungus genus |
tuber::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | stalk, stem |
| Has types | yam, groundnut, jerusalem artichoke, potato bean, water chestnut, wild bean |
| Derivation | tuberous |
Examples of tuber
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This should stop an epidemic of pests such as the Colorado beetle or tuber moth.
From the newscientist.com
During this transformation of the starch the dry matter of the tuber is reduced.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The ordinary potato can become quite toxic if the tuber is exposed to sunlight.
From the abcnews.go.com
A jicama vine, my research told me, could produce a tuber that weighed 50 pounds.
From the washingtonpost.com
Candied yams were sufficiently sweet on the surface but were pure tuber inside.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Jicama is a tropical tuber, but with a solar greenhouse, any gardener can grow it.
From the washingtonpost.com
The plant is actually a white flowering herb that we use as a seasoning tuber.
From the tennessean.com
They need to be deep because roots come from the top of the tuber, not the bottom.
From the independent.co.uk
Early tuber development from explanted stolon nodes of Solanum tuberosum var.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage
- Type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles
- Tubers are various types of modified plant structures that are enlarged to store nutrients. They are used by plants to survive the winter or dry months and provide energy and nutrients for regrowth during the next growing season and they are a means of asexual reproduction. ...
- A truffle is a fungal fruiting body that develops underground and relies on mycophagy for spore dispersal. Almost all truffles are ectomycorrhizal and are therefore usually found in close association with trees.
- A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, as for example a potato or arrowroot; A thickened "root-stock"
- (tubers) Swollen underground stems in plants that store food, such as the irish potato.
- (Tubers) potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams
- (TUBERS) Tuber is a loan word deriving from the Latin verb tumere (to swell). It was introduced into colloquial English via botanical Latin during the Renaissance and retains a number of related meanings: a swelling, a growth resembling a knot, or even a truffle. ...
- (TUBERS) Firm growths in the brain, named for their resemblance in shape to potato stems.
