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tuber

DEFINITIONS OF: tuber

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n a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage

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water chestnut
edible bulbous tuber of a Chinese marsh plant
groundnut, potato bean, wild bean
nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans
Jerusalem artichoke
edible tuber of the Jerusalem artichoke
yam
edible tuber of any of several yams
Type of:
stalk, stem
a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
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