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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tuber \Tu"ber\, noun[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.) A tuberosity; a tubercle.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tuber
noun
1: a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage
2: type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles [syn: {genus Tuber}]
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