TUBEROUS


Meaning of TUBEROUS in English

/tooh"beuhr euhs, tyooh"-/ , adj.

1. characterized by the presence of rounded or wartlike prominences or tubers.

2. of the nature of such a prominence.

3. Bot. bearing tubers.

4. having the nature of or resembling a tuber.

Also, tuberose .

[ 1640-50; tuberosus knobby. See TUBER 1 , -OUS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .