tuberous

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/ˈt(j)uːbəɹəs/

adjective

Relating to, resembling, or producing tubers.

OriginProto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? ← English tuber ← Middle French tube →
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Meanings

adjectivetuberous (comparative more tuberous, superlative most tuberous)

comparative more tuberous · superlative most tuberous

  1. Relating to, resembling, or producing tubers.
  2. Relating to tuberosities.

    Huge tits and a fissured crotch / Were scored well in, and the space / Between her legs held scrawls / That set her fairly astride / A tuberous cock and balls

    1962, Philip Larkin, Sunny Prestatyn

Origin

  1. Latintuba
  2. Latintubus
  3. Middle Frenchtube
  4. Englishtube
  5. Englishtuber
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  8. Englishtuberous

From tuber + -ous.

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Translations

Finnish mukulamainen, mukula-
  • mukulamainenrelating to tubers
  • mukula-relating to tubers
  • mukula-relating to tubers
Russian клубнево́й
  • клубнево́й (klubnevój)relating to tubers

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

subroute
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APA

tuberous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tuberous

MLA

“tuberous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tuberous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tuberous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tuberous.

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