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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
資料來源 : WordNet®
tuber
n 1: a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive
and food storage
2: type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies
are typically truffles [syn: {genus Tuber}]