tuber¹ /tūˈbər/

1. A swelling, usu underground, in a plant, where reserves are stored up, formed either in the stem (as in the potato, Jerusalem artichoke, etc), or sometimes in the root (as in the dahlia)
2. A lump
3. A rounded swelling (pathology)
4. A knob
5. A protuberance
6. (with cap) the truffle genus of fungi, giving its name to the Tuberāˈceae, saprophytic Ascomycetes, many with edible underground fructifications (truffles)

tuberāˈceous adjective

tuberifˈerous adjective

tuˈberiform adjective

tuberose /tūˈbə-rōs, -rōz/ adjective

Tuberous

A Mexican amaryllid (Polianthes tuberosa) grown for its fragrant creamy-white flowers, propagated by tubers

tuberosity /-rosˈi-ti/ noun

• stablemate
• stablemates
• stablemen
• stableness
• stablenesses
• stabler
• stablers
• stables
• stablest
• stabling
• stablings
• stablish
• stablished
• stablishes
• stablishing
• stably
• stabs
• staccatissimo
• staccato
• staccatos
• stachys
• stachyses
• stack
• stackable
• stack against