单词 | tuber |
释义 | tuber (once / 8968 pages) n WORD FAMILY tuber: tuberous, tubers+/tuberosity: tuberosities/tuberous: semi-tuberous, tuberosity USAGE EXAMPLESAlthough wapato was not a domesticated crop, the tubers’ starchy flesh was an important food source, especially in the winter when other options were scarce. Science Magazine(Dec 21, 2016) The candles droop, sag and curl over the surfaces like so many tubers, intestines or slugs. Los Angeles Times(Dec 14, 2016) Amaka spread newspaper sheets on the floor to slice the tuber; it was easier than picking it up and placing it on the counter. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) n a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage Hypo|Hyper water chestnut edible bulbous tuber of a Chinese marsh plant groundnut, potato bean, wild beannutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans Jerusalem artichokeedible tuber of the Jerusalem artichoke yamedible tuber of any of several yams stalk, stem a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ Tuber (once / 145918 pages) n WORD FAMILY Tuber: Tubers USAGE EXAMPLESToday PewDiePie revealed a new game called Tuber Simulator, that puts players in the role of a budding video game streamer. The Verge(Aug 29, 2016) On another train, a group had changed the lyrics of "Night Fever" to "Night Tuber". BBC(Aug 20, 2016) They invoke a no less fervent passion among fanatical fungus foragers here than does the Tuber magnatum. Slate(Apr 08, 2016) n type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles Syn|Hyper genus Tuber fungus genus includes lichen genera |
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