HyperDic: genus_tuber

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Tuber:
NOUNplantgenus Tuber, Tubertype genus of the Tuberaceae
English > genus Tuber: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningtype genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles.
SynonymTuber
Member ofTuberaceae, family Tuberaceaefamily of fungi whose ascocarps resemble tubers and vary in size from that of an acorn to that of a large apple
Memberstruffle, earthnut, earth-ballAny of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber
Broaderfungus genusIncludes lichen genera
Spanishgenus tuber, tuber
Catalangenus tuber, tuber

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