TUBER

(Lat.), n. n. Tu2b(tub)'ulsr(e2r). Gen., tub'eris. Fr., tubercule (1st def.), truffe (1st def.). Ger., Triiffel (2d def.). 1. A swelling, tumor, or protuberance; in botany (Ger., Knolle) a short, thickened underground branch bearing leaf-buds. [G; a, 35.] 2. The typical genus of a division (the Tuberacece [Fr., tuber a cees; Ger., 'Triiffelpilze], or Tube race i) of ascomycetous Fungi in which the mycelium penetrates the soil and produces tuberous fructifications. Many of them are eaten under the name of truffles, fa. 35.] Olfactory t. See Olfactory BULB. T. aestivum. English truffle; an esculent species, [a, 35.] T. album. Ger., wei e Triiffel. White (or false) truffle; an esculent species, [a, 35.] T. annul are. See Poxs Varolii. T. anterius. See T. cinereum. T. brumale. See T. cibarium. T. calcanei. The tuberosity of the calcaneum. [L, 57 (a, 14).] Tubera candicantia. See CORPUS albicans (2d def.). T. cervinum. See ELAPHOMYCKS cerviE, he; E2. ell: G. go; I, die; I2, in; N. in: N2, tank; [s. 656]