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Skirret :: Skirret (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Sium, / Pimpinella, Sisarum). It is a native of Asia, but has been long cultivated in Europe for its edible clustered tuberous roots, which are very sweet..

Knot :: Knot (n.) A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance..

Blubbery :: Blubbery (a.) Swollen; protuberant.

Tubercled :: Tubercled (a.) Having tubercles; affected with, tubercles; tuberculate; as, a tubercled lung or stalk..

Polyphemus :: Polyphemus (n.) A very large American moth (Telea polyphemus) belonging to the Silkworm family (Bombycidae). Its larva, which is very large, bright green, with silvery tubercles, and with oblique white stripes on the sides, feeds on the oak, chestnut, willow, cherry, apple, and other trees. It produces a large amount of strong silk. Called also American silkworm..

Contubernial :: Contubernial (a.) Living or messing together; familiar; in companionship.

Biventral :: Biventral (a.) Having two bellies or protuberances; as, a biventral, or digastric, muscle, or the biventral lobe of the cerebellum..

Bump :: Bump (n.) One of the protuberances on the cranium which are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind; as, the bump of veneration; the bump of acquisitiveness..

Convex :: Convex (a.) Rising or swelling into a spherical or rounded form; regularly protuberant or bulging; -- said of a spherical surface or curved line when viewed from without, in opposition to concave..

Buttock :: Buttock (n.) The part at the back of the hip, which, in man, forms one of the rounded protuberances on which he sits; the rump..

Tuberculated :: Tuberculated (a.) Tubercled; tubercular.

Chufa :: Chufa (n.) A sedgelike plant (Cyperus esculentus) producing edible tubers, native about the Mediterranean, now cultivated in many regions; the earth almond..

Tuberculate :: Tuberculate (a.) Alt. of Tuberculate.

Jalap :: "Jalap (n.) The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipomoea purga (or Exogonium purga), a climber much like the morning-glory. The abstract, extract, and powder, prepared from the tubers, are well known purgative medicines. Other species of Ipomoea yield several inferior kinds of jalap, as the I. Orizabensis, and I. tuberosa..

Hub :: Hub (n.) A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction; as, a hub in the road. [U.S.] See Hubby..

Tuberiferous :: Tuberiferous (a.) Producing or bearing tubers.

Turreted :: Turreted (a.) Furnished with a turret or turrets; specifically (Zool.), having the whorls somewhat flattened on the upper side and often ornamented by spines or tubercles; -- said of certain spiral shells..

Bunch :: Bunch (n.) A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.

Melluco :: Melluco (n.) A climbing plant (Ullucus officinalis) of the Andes, having tuberous roots which are used as a substitute for potatoes..

Ipomoeic :: Ipomoeic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of convolvulin (obtained from jalap, the tubers of Ipomoea purga), and identical in most of its properties with sebacic acid..

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