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What is a tuber?

What is a tuber? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, as for example a potato or arrowroot.
  2. (horticulture) A thickened "root-stock".
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Not only was the total amount of tuber starch reduced, but its composition was also affected.
The perforating foramen has disappeared, and the calcaneal tuber projects to the rear.
The tuber cinereum is an elevated mound of gray substance between the optic chiasma and the mamillary bodies.
Even the accompanying potato and turnip gratin play off tuber and root, the warmth of one, the tang of the other.
By planting parts of the tuber of a potato, one can create new organisms with the same genetic makeup.
Spain's contemporary version of the ancient refreshments barley-water or almond-water is made from the tuber chufa and is called horchata.

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