tu´ber|like´

tu´ber|like´
tu|ber1 «TOO buhr, TYOO-», noun.
1. a solid, thickened portion of an underground stem or rhizome. A tuber is of a more or less rounded form, and bears modified axillary buds (eyes) from which new plants may grow. A potato is a tuber.
2. a) a rounded swelling or projecting part in an animal body. b) an abnormal swelling or enlargement.
╂[< Latin tūber, -eris lump, bump]
–tu´ber|like´, adjective.
tub|er2 «TOO buhr, TYOO-», noun.
1. a person who fits or replaces tubes, as in a boiler.
2. a person who uses a tube or tubes (in any industrial process).
╂[< tub(e) + -er1]

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