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tuberculous |
tuberculum |
tuberiferous |
tuberose |
tuberosity |
Tuberous
| tuberous begonia
| tuberous plant
| tuberous vetch
| tubeworm
| tubfish
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Tuberous
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective Tuberous has 1 sense
- tuberous(a = adj.pert) Array - of or relating to or resembling a tuber; "a tuberous root" Derived forms noun tuber1, noun tuberosity1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Tuberous, adj. = TUBEROSE(1).
Idiom
tuberous root a thick and fleshy root like a tuber but without buds.
Etymology
F tub{eacute}reux or L tuberosus f. TUBER
THESAURUS
Tuberous
botanic, bulbous, burled, cereal, farinaceous, fruitlike, fruity, gnarled, gnarly, herbaceous, herbal, herbose, herbous, herby, knobbed, knobby, knoblike, knotted, knotty, knurled, knurly, leguminose, leguminous, nodal, noded, nodiform, nodular, nodulated, noduled, nubbled, nubbly, nubby, plantlike, radicated, radiciform, radicular, rhizoid, rootlike, studded, torose, tubercular, tuberculous, tuberose, vegetable, vegetal, vegetarian, vegetational, vegetative, weedyROGET THESAURUS
Tuberous
Convexity
N convexity, prominence, projection, swelling, gibbosity, bilge, bulge, protuberance, protrusion, camber, cahot, thank-ye-ma'am, swell, intumescence, tumour, tumor, tubercle, tuberosity, excrescence, hump, hunch, bunch, boss, embossment, hub, hubble, tooth, knob, elbow, process, apophysis, condyle, bulb, node, nodule, nodosity, tongue, dorsum, bump, clump, sugar loaf, bow, mamelon, molar, belly, corporation, pot belly, gut, withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange, pimple, zit, wen, wheel, papula, pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle, corn, wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus, fungus, fungosity, exostosis, bleb, blister, blain, boil, airbubble, blob, papule, verruca, papilla, nipple, teat, tit, titty, boob, knocker, pap, breast, dug, mammilla, proboscis, nose, neb, beak, snout, nozzle, schnoz, peg, button, stud, ridge, rib, jutty, trunnion, snag, cupola, dome, arch, balcony, eaves, pilaster, relief, relievo, cameo, bassorilievo, mezzorilevo, altorivievo, low relief, bas relief, high relief, hill, cape, promontory, mull, forehead, foreland, point of land, mole, jetty, hummock, ledge, spur, naze, ness, convex, prominent, protuberant, projecting, bossed, embossed, bossy, nodular, bunchy, clavate, clavated, claviform, hummocky, moutonne, mammiliform, papulous, papilose, hemispheric, bulbous, bowed, arched, bold, bellied, tuberous, tuberculous, tumous, cornute, odontoid, lentiform, lenticular, gibbous, club shaped, hubby, hubbly, knobby, papillose, saddle-shaped, selliform, subclavate, torose, ventricose, verrucose, salient, in relief, raised, repousse, bloated, (expanded).
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