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单词 tuber
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
tu•ber1 /ˈtubɚ, ˈtyu-/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Botanya thick, fleshy underground stem, as a potato.
tu•ber•ous, adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
tu•ber1  (to̅o̅′bər, tyo̅o̅′-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Botanya fleshy, usually oblong or rounded thickening or outgrowth, as the potato, of a subterranean stem or shoot, bearing minute scalelike leaves with buds or eyes in their axils from which new plants may arise.
  2. Anatomya rounded swelling or protuberance;
    a tuberosity;
    a tubercle.
  • Latin tūber bump, swelling. Compare truffle 
  • 1660–70
tu′ber•less, adj. 
tu′ber•oid′, adj. 

tub•er2  (to̅o̅′bər, tyo̅o̅′-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a person or thing that forms, installs, or operates with tubes.
  2. SportAlso called inner-tuber. a person who participates in the sport of tubing.
  • tube + -er1 1920–25

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
tuber /ˈtjuːbə/ n
  1. a fleshy underground stem (as in the potato) or root (as in the dahlia) that is an organ of vegetative reproduction and food storage
  2. a raised area; swelling
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin tūber hump
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