Category:Tuber

Tu"ber, n.Etym: [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.)

Defn: a tuberosity; a tubercle.