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Definition of tuber
1a : a short fleshy usually underground stem bearing minute scale leaves each of which bears a bud in its axil and is potentially able to produce a new plant — compare bulb, cormb : a fleshy root or rhizome resembling a tuber
2 : tuberosity
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A plant native to South America that grows from a tuber, or compressed stem, in the shape of a large red, pink, white or green arrowhead.
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Also found were stone arrowheads or spear points, bones probably from the llama-like vicuña, and the apparent remains of wild tubers.
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Jicama (a tuber that tastes like an apple) and radish gave the mixture some crunch.
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Satan's Kingdom is best left till evening when the inner tubers are gone.
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Main entrance is $2 per person, while tubers pay $8 parking at the second entrance as well as a $15 fee that includes tube rental and tram service.
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Meat, underground tubers, grubs and nuts may all have been on the menu.
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Dig up large clumps, and split into two, three, four or even 20 separate plants, gently untangling the tubers before replanting in holes enriched with compost.
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Three years ago, Black was hired by the family to devise a more creative, and profitable, use for those misshaped tubers.
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Origin and Etymology of tuber
Latin, swelling, truffle; perhaps akin to Latin tumēre to swell — more at 1thumb
TUBER Defined for English Language Learners
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: a short, thick, round stem that is a part of certain plants (such as the potato), that grows underground, and that can produce a new plant
TUBER Defined for Kids
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: a short thick fleshy usually underground stem (as of a potato plant) having buds that can produce new plants
Medical Dictionary
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: an anatomical prominence : tuberosity
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