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tuber |
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STRUCTURE |
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An enlarged, basically subterranean stem segment or thallus outgrowth containing a high proportion of storage tissue and functioning as a perennating and often vegetatively propagative structure. |
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tubercle |
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FEATURE |
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A small, rounded, knot-like swelling or wart-like protrusion. |
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tubercular |
= tuberculose |
solid shape |
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Comprising small knot-like segments. |
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tuberculate |
= tuberculose, verrucose, warty |
relief |
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Covered with small, relatively broad, irregularly shaped, obtuse protrusions. |
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tuberculose 1 |
= tuberculate, verrucose, warty |
relief |
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Covered with small, relatively broad, irregularly shaped, obtuse protrusions. |
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tuberculose 2 |
= tubercular |
solid shape |
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Comprising small knot-like segments. |
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tuberoid (root-stem) |
= dropper |
STRUCTURE |
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An axial outgrowth that descends from a bulb and eventually forms a new bulb; esp. in Orchidaceae. |
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tuberous 1 |
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architecture |
plant |
Bearing tubers. |
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tuberous 2 |
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architecture |
structure |
Resembling a tuber in shape and texture, but not ontogenetically such; esp. roots. |
