Definition of tuber
b
: a fleshy root or rhizome resembling a tuber
2
: tuberosity
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Once frost blackens the vines, however, tubers can quickly rot.
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Keep plants consistently moist, especially when flowering, as this is when tubers form.
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Digging up tubers is unsatisfactory, because invariably some are missed and readily grow new plants.
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Our earliest ancestors pounded otherwise inedible tubers with rocks and sliced meat with primitive tools—processing methods that are credited with beginning the trend in our evolution toward smaller teeth and jaws and bigger brains.
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That feeling in the soil for tubers is called graveling or grabbling.
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But the most underrated feature—and a huge helping-hand to vegetarians during the winter doldrums is that your Instant Pot can turn an intimidating squash, root, or tuber from rock-solid to approachable and sliceable.
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Note that all tubers formed by growing plants are produced higher than the seed potato was planted.
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There's an appealing warmth from the curry spices, a little bit of sweetness from the roasted tuber, and that faintly tropical hint of coconut.
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Origin and Etymology of tuber
Latin, swelling, truffle; perhaps akin to Latin tumēre to swell — more at 1thumb
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First Known Use: 1668
in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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Definition of tuber 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
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Definition of tuber for Students
: a short thick fleshy usually underground stem (as of a potato plant) having buds that can produce new plants
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