tuberous

[Fr. tubereux, from Lat. tuberosus tuberose (q. v.).] 1. Ord. Lang.: Having prominent knobs or excrescences; tuberose. "The thalami optic i, nates, testiculi, and the other tuberous parts, are so many distinct harbors, of the said spirits, ministering to the several species of sense and phancy."-Grew. -Grew. Cosmos, Sacra , bk. i., ch. v. 2. Botany ( of an underground stem): (1) Much swollen, after the manner of a tuber; (2) bearing tubers. IMG:content-1520.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Bot .: The same as TUBERCLED (q. v.). 2. Zool .: Warty, covered with small rounded or sound a trumpet. knobs. ( Owen.) tuberculated-leprosy, 8. Pathol.: A form of Elephantiasis græca, in which the morbid action chiefly affects the cutaneous and mucous surfaces.