tuber

2 definitions found

tuber - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Anat.) A tuberosity; a tubercle.
        [1913 Webster]

tuber - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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: Tuber, genus Tuber]