tuber
UK/'tju:bә/US
GREB2
Definitions
n.
A thick, fleshy underground stem or root of a plant that stores nutrients, such as a potato
块茎（如马铃薯）；块根
Root Breakdown
Loanwordtuberother
=tuber
Common Collocations
- 1.potato tuber马铃薯块茎
- 2.tuber crop块茎作物
- 3.[edible tuber]可食用块茎
- 4.tuber formation块茎形成
Example Sentences
- 1.
The potato is the most widely consumed tuber in the world.
- 2.
Farmers carefully harvested the tubers before the first frost arrived.