| 单词 | root tuber | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasroot tuber   root tuber  n. Botany an underground tuber: see tuber n.2 1a. ΚΠ 1806    B. M'Mahon Amer. Gardener's Cal. 640  				This grass [sc. Cyperus esculentus] deserves to be cultivated, not principally on account of its foliage but of its root-tubers, which are..considered superior to chesnuts. 1888    G. Henslow Origin Floral Struct. xxv. 231  				Ranunculus Ficaria..propagates itself by root-tubers and by aërial corms. 1955    G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 425  				Dig up an Early Purple Orchid and you find two root-tubers in which food is stored, a new, firm one, which is filling up for next year's growth, [and] an old, slack one. 2000    Daily Tel. 24 May 21/2  				Extract of Devil's Claw (Harpagophytum procumbens), a South African root tuber, contains natural anti-inflammatory analgesics. < as lemmas | 
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