| NOUN | plant | tuber | a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage |
|---|---|---|---|
| plant | Tuber, genus Tuber | type genus of the Tuberaceae |
| Meaning | A fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | Jerusalem artichoke | edible tuber of the Jerusalem artichoke |
| groundnut, potato bean, wild bean | nutlike tuber | |
| water chestnut | edible bulbous tuber of a Chinese marsh plant | |
| yam | edible tuber of any of several yams | |
| Broader | stalk, stem | A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ |
| Spanish | tubérculo | |
| Catalan | tubercle | |
| Adjectives | semi-tuberous | partly tuberous |
| tuberous | of or relating to or resembling a tuber | |
| Meaning | type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | genus Tuber | |
| Member of | Tuberaceae, family Tuberaceae | family of fungi whose ascocarps resemble tubers and vary in size from that of an acorn to that of a large apple |
| Members | truffle, earthnut, earth-ball | Any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber |
| Broader | fungus genus | Includes lichen genera |
| Spanish | genus tuber, tuber | |
| Catalan | genus tuber, tuber | |
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