Usually means: Swollen, enlarged part of plant.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word tuberous:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. tuberous: Merriam-Webster
  2. tuberous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tuberous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. tuberous: Collins English Dictionary
  5. tuberous: Vocabulary.com
  6. Tuberous, tuberous: Wordnik
  7. tuberous: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. tuberous: Wiktionary
  9. tuberous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. tuberous (tuberose): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. tuberous: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. tuberous: Dictionary.com
  13. Tuberous: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Tuberous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. tuberous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. tuberous: Rhymezone
  17. Tuberous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. tuberous: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. tuberous: FreeDictionary.org
  20. tuberous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. tuberous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. tuberous: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tuberous: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. tuberous: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. tuberous: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tuberous)

▸ adjective:  Relating to, resembling, or producing tubers.
▸ adjective:  Relating to tuberosities.

Similar:
tubular, tuberculoid, tubar, tubulous, tubal, tuberculous, tuberculariaceous, tuberculotic, condylotuberal, tubulary, more...

Opposite:
non-tuberous, smooth, even

Types:
potato, sweet potato, yam, cassava, cocoyam, more...

Phrases:
tuberous sclerosis, tuberous begonias, tuberous root, tuberous begonia, tuberous plant, more...

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Similar:
tubular, tuberculoid, tubar, tubulous, tubal, tuberculous, tuberculariaceous, tuberculotic, condylotuberal, tubulary, more...

Opposite:
non-tuberous, smooth, even

Types:
potato, sweet potato, yam, cassava, cocoyam, more...

Phrases:
tuberous sclerosis, tuberous begonias, tuberous root, tuberous begonia, tuberous plant, tuberous rooted, tuberous xanthoma, hybrid tuberous begonia, tuberous vetch, semi tuberous, tuberous sclerosis complex, more...



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