tuberous
tuberous
adj.
resembling bulbs; having bulbous lumps
Tuber
- Tuber is Latin for "swelling", as also used for benign tumours such as in tuberous sclerosis
tuberous
Adjective
1. of or relating to or resembling a tuber; "a tuberous root"
(pertainym) tuber
Tuberous
(a.)
Covered with knobby or wartlike prominences; knobbed.
(a.)
Consisting of, or bearing, tubers; resembling a tuber.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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tuberous
Synonyms and related words:
botanic, bulbous, burled, cereal, farinaceous, fruitlike, fruity, gnarled, gnarly, herbaceous, herbal, herbose, herbous, herby, knobbed, knobby, knoblike, knotted, knotty, knurled, knurly, leguminose, leguminous, nodal, noded, nodiform, nodular, nodulated, noduled, nubbled, nubbly, nubby, plantlike, radicated, radiciform, radicular, rhizoid, rootlike, studded, torose, tubercular, tuberculous, tuberose, vegetable, vegetal, vegetarian, vegetational, vegetative, weedy
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.