Tuber : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Tuber	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Tuber
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tuber n a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles Synonym(s): Tuber, genus Tuber
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tuber \Tu"ber\, n.[L., a hump. knob; probably akin to tumere to swell. Cf. {Tumid}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A fleshy, rounded stem or root, usually containing starchy matter, as the potato or arrowroot; a thickened root-stock. See Illust. of {Tuberous}. (b) A genus of fungi. See {Truffle}. 2. (Anat.) A tuberosity; a tubercle.