English noun: tuber | |||
1. | tuber (plant) a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage | ||
Broader (hypernym) | stalk, stem | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | groundnut, Jerusalem artichoke, potato bean, water chestnut, wild bean, yam | ||
2. | Tuber (plant) type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles | ||
Synonyms | genus Tuber | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fungus genus | ||
Member holonym | earth-ball, earthnut, truffle | ||
Member meronym | family Tuberaceae, Tuberaceae | ||