tuberous

tuberous
/tooh"beuhr euhs, tyooh"-/, adj.
1. characterized by the presence of rounded or wartlike prominences or tubers.
2. of the nature of such a prominence.
3. Bot. bearing tubers.
4. having the nature of or resembling a tuber.
Also, tuberose.
[1640-50; < L tuberosus knobby. See TUBER1, -OUS]

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