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Meanings of tuber in English
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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Portuguese
trufa Catalan
genus tuber Usage of tuber in English
1
The Mega does, of course, work with any ATC or tuber-style device.
2
A similar tuber was found near Mount Stewart on the 18th January.
3
Rhizome swollen into a tuber; the branches bearing minute bladders; of natural size.
4
At no time should more than half the tuber be under the soil.
5
In her fright she somehow remembered what Omeh had said about the tuber.
6
It will also be noted that the law excludes tuber-propagated plants.
7
These may be separated from the parent tuber if large enough.
8
After the blooms have faded, plant the tuber in the garden.
9
This tuber grows like a potato, but is more delicate than the potato.
10
The picnic consisted of pizza, tuber beer and pizza-flavoured ice cream.
11
Like man, they eat flesh or fowl or tuber or nut or fruit.
12
The skin of the tuber is of a rusty or blackish brown color.
13
Collectively, our data indicate that T6P plays an important role for potato tuber growth.
14
Objective: To isolate and elucidate the chemical constituents from the tuber of Arundina graminifolia.
15
The youth plunged supple fingers into the balmy-scented loam, among the swelling tuber forms.
16
Some one snatched a hot tuber from the ashes and tossed it to her.
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common