Tuber

tu'ber, n. (Bot.) A fleshy, rounded, underground body, or thickened portion of a stem or root, usually having "eyes" or buds and containing starchy matter, as the potato.— Tu'bercle, -ber-kl, n. (Anat) A natural small rounded body or ma . (Med.) A small ma or aggregation of morbid matter; esp., the deposit which accompanies scrofula or phthisis. — Tu'ber'cular, a. Having little knobs or tubercles; affected with tubercles. — Tuberose, tub'roz or tu'ber-oz, h. A plant with a tuberous root much cultivated for the beauty and fragrance of its flowers. — Tu'berous, -us, a." Covered with knobby or wart-like prominences. (Bot.) Consisting of, or containing, tubers; like a tuber.— Tuberosity, -os'I-H, n. State of being tuberous. (Anat.) A knob-like prominence on a bone, to which muscles and ligaments are attached.