tuber
tuber
Definition
tu·ber (to̵̅o̅′bər, tyo̵̅o̅′-)
noun
- a short, thickened, fleshy part of an underground stem, as a potato: new plants develop from the buds, or eyes, that grow in the axils of the minute scale leaves of a tuber
- Anat. a tubercle or swelling
Etymology: L, lit., a swelling, knob, truffle < IE *teubh- < base *tēu-, to swell > thumb, L tumere, to swell
tuber
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- plant: Whilst on their wintering grounds in coastal British Columbia, the birds mainly eat roots and tubers of emergent plants on tidal flats.
Converse of object
- infect: Rain then washes spores from the leaves down into the soil where they can infect the tubers.
- lift: Cut the stems down to about six inches above the ground and carefully lift the tubers taking care not to damage them.
- store: Only store sound tubers in paper sacks or boxes.
- treat: Partially characterized the sesquiterpene cyclase of potato tubers treated with arachidonic acid.
- produce: It is probably advisable to use a variety that does not produce very large tubers.
- protect: To protect tubers, earth up plants, or mulch them with a thick layer of straw or autumn leaves.
Adjective modifier
- cortical: Brain imagining studies ( MRI and fMRI ) include development of an automated method to localize cortical tubers.
- edible: The plants are sprawling vines with edible underground stem tubers.
- infected: Life cycle Potato late blight survives the winter in infected potato tubers.
- healthy: Handle carefully - avoid dropping potatoes into a barrow or on the ground Only store healthy tubers without any blemishes.
Modifies a noun
- blight: Which blight fungicides can be tank-mixed with Harvest to help protect against tuber blight?
- yield: Effects of plastic film covers on dry-matter production and early tuber yield in potato crops.
- crop: In some areas yams are being replaced by other tuber crops which are easier to cultivate or store.
- infection: Tuber infection is quickly followed by secondary fungal or bacterial infection known as 'wet rot ' .
Noun used with modifier
- dahlia: Place dahlia tubers in trays to start into growth to provide new shoots for cuttings.
- potato: Life cycle Potato late blight survives the winter in infected potato tubers.
- seed: How many potatoes did you get from your seed tubers this year?
- daughter: The priority has to be protecting the quality of daughter tubers as they develop throughout the ridge.
- plant: Desperate families in rural Zimbabwe have resorted to eating poisonous fruit and plant tubers to survive, the statement said.
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