Tuber



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.块茎, 球根
• ［英］ n.块茎, 球根 ( a short fleshy underground stem)
• ［例］ Potatoes are the tubers of the potato plant.

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Latin, swelling, truffle; perhaps akin to Latin tumēre to swell — more at thumb
• Date: 1668
• 1.
  • a. a short fleshy usually underground stem bearing minute scale leaves each of which bears a bud in its axil and is potentially able to produce a new plant — compare bulb, corm
  • b. a fleshy root or rhizome resembling a tuber
• 2. tuberosity

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