minituber

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noun

A miniature tuber.

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Meanings

nounminituber (plural minitubers)

plural minitubers

  1. A miniature tuber.

    Recently, cytokinins (CKs) were proposed to induce aerial minitubers in tomato, similar to potato tubers.

    2016 March 4, “Insight on Genes Affecting Tuber Development in Potato upon Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) Infection”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From mini- + tuber.

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APA

minituber. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minituber

MLA

“minituber.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minituber. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “minituber,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minituber.

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