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Tuber

noun

A fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage.

Type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles. Synonym: genus Tuber.

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... preserved ginger has very much larger rhizomes than Zingiber officinale, and that it was quite improbable that it was the product of that plant. The difficulty in identifying the plant arose from the fact that, like many others cultivated for the root or tuber, it rarely flowers. The first flowering plant was sent to Kew from Jamaica by Mr. Harris, the superintendent of the Hope Garden there. During the past year the plant has flowered both at Dominica in the West Indies and in the Botanic Garden at Hong-Kong. Mr. ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 • Various

Words linked to "Tuber" : yam, earth-ball, groundnut, truffle, family Tuberaceae, wild bean, fungus genus, Jerusalem artichoke, stem, earthnut, stalk, potato bean, water chestnut