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10 Language-to-English Dictionariestubero
Pronunciation / Transliteration: tubero
"La patata è il tubero più famoso."
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A much-thickened underground part of a stem or rhizome, e.g., in the potato, having buds from which new plant shoots can grow.
"Potatoes and yams are common examples of an edible tuber."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
From Latin tuber meaning 'lump, swelling, truffle', related to tumere 'to swell'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "tuber" is said worldwide
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tubercule
Transliteration: tubercule
"La pomme de terre est un tubercule comestible."
Knolle
Transliteration: Knolle
"Die Kartoffel ist eine wichtige Knolle."
tubero
Transliteration: tubero
"La patata è il tubero più famoso."
tubérculo
Transliteration: tubérculo
"La patata es un tubérculo subterráneo."
tubérculo
Transliteration: tubérculo
"A batata-doce é um tubérculo nutritivo."
कंद
Transliteration: kand
"आलू एक प्रकार का कंद है।"
块茎
Transliteration: kuài jīng
"马铃薯是一种常见的块茎植物。"
덩이줄기
Transliteration: deong-ijulgi
"감자는 대표적인 덩이줄기 채소입니다."
塊茎
Transliteration: kaikei
"ジャガイモは代表的な塊茎です。"
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