Definition of tuber

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Tuber (n.) A fleshy, rounded stem or root, usually containing starchy matter, as the potato or arrowroot; a thickened root-stock. See Illust. of Tuberous..

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Swellish :: Swelling (n.) an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling..
Phyma :: Phyma (n.) A tubercle on any external part of the body.
Starch :: Starch (n.) A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc..
Hunch :: Hunch (n.) A hump; a protuberance.
Callosity :: Callosity (n.) A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of continued pressure or friction..
Mammillary :: Mammillary (a.) Composed of convex convex concretions, somewhat resembling the breasts in form; studded with small mammiform protuberances..
Friezed :: Friezed (a.) Gathered, or having the map gathered, into little tufts, knots, or protuberances. Cf. Frieze, v. t., and Friz, v. t., 2..
Tuberosities :: Tuberosities (pl. ) of Tuberosit.
Extuberancy :: Extuberancy (n.) Extuberance.
Umbonated :: Umbonated (a.) Having a conical or rounded projection or protuberance, like a boss..
Knurl :: Knurl (n.) A contorted knot in wood; a crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.
Scab :: Scab (n.) A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold..
Tun-bellied :: Tun-bellied (a.) Having a large, protuberant belly, or one shaped like a tun; pot-bellied..
Embossment :: Embossment (n.) A bosslike prominence; figure in relief; raised work; jut; protuberance; esp., a combination of raised surfaces having a decorative effect..
Wallet :: Wallet (n.) Anything protuberant and swagging.
Potato :: Potato (n.) A plant (Solanum tuberosum) of the Nightshade family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of which there are numerous varieties used for food. It is native of South America, but a form of the species is found native as far north as New Mexico..
Breast :: Breast (n.) Either one of the protuberant glands, situated on the front of the chest or thorax in the female of man and of some other mammalia, in which milk is secreted for the nourishment of the young; a mamma; a teat..
Contubernal :: Contubernal (a.) Alt. of Contubernia.
Bilge :: Bilge (n.) The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle..
Bulbo-tuber :: Bulbo-tuber (n.) A corm.
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