tuber

Meaning

1. A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, for example a potato or arrowroot.
2. A thickened rootstock.
3. A rounded, protuberant structure in a human or animal body.

Synonyms

bulb

💡

yam

potato

🥔

gnarl

knob

knot

🪢

lump

root

protuberance

bump

taro

root tuber

corm

rhizome

fist

✊

parsnip

stem

sweet potato

🍠

knuckle

truffles

tubercle

tuberosity

turnip

fungus

tuberous root

dasheen

tuberous plant

radical

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tjuːbə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Latin tūber (“bump, hump, swelling”).