tubérculo

Definitions of tubérculo
  1. noun
    any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers
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    patata
    an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
    ñame
    edible tuberous root of various yam plants of the genus Dioscorea grown in the tropics world-wide for food
    boniato
    the edible tuberous root of the sweet potato vine which is grown widely in warm regions of the United States
    aguaturma, pataca, patata de caña, tupinambo
    sunflower tuber eaten raw or boiled or sliced thin and fried as Saratoga chips
    betarraga, remolacha
    round red root vegetable
    zanahoria
    orange root; important source of carotene
    apio
    thickened edible aromatic root of a variety of celery plant
    salsifí
    either of two long roots eaten cooked
    chirivía, pastinaca
    whitish edible root; eaten cooked
    rábano
    pungent fleshy edible root
    nabo
    root of any of several members of the mustard family
    patatas fritas
    strips of potato fried in deep fat
    remolacha azucarera
    white-rooted beet grown as a source of sugar
    salsifí
    long white salsify
    nabo blanco
    white root of a turnip plant
    nabo sueco
    the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food
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    hortaliza, verdura
    edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
  2. noun
    small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant
    synonyms: nódulo
  3. noun
    a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage
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    ñame
    edible tuber of any of several yams
    type of:
    cabillo, caña, cálamo, pedúnculo, rabillo, tallo, troncho, tronco
    a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
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