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Meanings of plant tuber in English

Russian
клубни
Portuguese
tubérculo
Spanish
tubérculo
Catalan
tubercles
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Plant's underground storage organ formed by the swelling of an underground stem which produces buds and stores photosynthate metabolites/nutrients, forming a seasonal perennating organ, e.g.

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        клубни
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        Examples for "tubers"
        1
        Streptomyces scabiei causes common scab, an economically important disease of potato tubers.
        Pubmed
        2
        Early sprouting of B33-TPP tubers correlated with a reduced abscisic acid content.
        Pubmed
        3
        The fruit was far more gratifying to the taste than the tubers.
        Adventures in Africa / By an African Trader
        4
        The tubers contain a nutritious substance, and are eaten by the Tartars.
        Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
        5
        Cerebellar tubers differ from supratentorial tubers both concerning shape and contrast behavior.
        Pubmed
        1
        The Mega does, of course, work with any ATC or tuber-style device.
        Rock and Ice Magazine
        2
        A similar tuber was found near Mount Stewart on the 18th January.
        Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia / From Moreton Ba...
        3
        Rhizome swollen into a tuber; the branches bearing minute bladders; of natural size.
        Insectivorous Plants
        4
        At no time should more than half the tuber be under the soil.
        Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) / A Practical Guide to the ...
        5
        In her fright she somehow remembered what Omeh had said about the tuber.
        The Complete Rama Omnibus
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