- tuberous
- adjective Date: 1650 1. consisting of, bearing, or resembling a tuber 2. of, relating to, or being a plant tuber or tuberous root of a plant
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Tuberous — Tu ber*ous, a. [L. tuberosus: cf. F. tub[ e]reux. See {Tuber}, and cf. also {Tuberose}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Covered with knobby or wartlike prominences; knobbed. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Consisting of, or bearing, tubers; resembling a tuber. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tuberous — (also tuberose) ► ADJECTIVE 1) resembling, forming, or having a tuber or tubers. 2) Medicine characterized by or affected by rounded swellings … English terms dictionary
tuberous — [to͞o′bər əs, tyo͞o′bər əs] adj. [Fr tubéreux < L tuberosus: see TUBER & OUS] 1. covered with wartlike swellings; knobby 2. Bot. of, like, or having a tuber … English World dictionary
tuberous — Knobby, lumpy, or nodular; presenting many tubers or tuberosities. SYN: tuberiferous, tuberose. [L. tuberosus] * * * tu·ber·ous t(y)ü b(ə )rəs adj characterized by or being knobby or nodular lesions <tuberous xanthomas on the knees> * * *… … Medical dictionary
tuberous — adj. = TUBEROSE(1). Phrases and idioms: tuberous root a thick and fleshy root like a tuber but without buds. Etymology: F tubeacutereux or L tuberosus f. TUBER … Useful english dictionary
Tuberous receptor — Tuberous receptors are electroreceptors that are specialized to respond to high frequency electrical fields (electric organ discharges or EODs), and hence are found only in fish with an active electrical sense that can generate their own… … Wikipedia
tuberous root — n. a tuberlike root without buds or scale leaves, as of the dahlia tuberous rooted adj … English World dictionary
Tuberous morning glory — can refer to these plants:* Ipomoea batatas or sweet potato * Merremia tuberosa or Spanish arborvine … Wikipedia
tuberous sclerosis — tuberous sclerosis. См. эпилойя. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
tuberous root — tuberous rooted, adj. a true root so thickened as to resemble a tuber, but bearing no buds or eyes. See illus. under root1. [1660 70] * * * … Universalium
