'Tuberous' definitions:
Definition of 'tuberous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to or resembling a tuber; "a tuberous root"
Definition of 'Tuberous'
From: GCIDE
- Tuberous \Tu"ber*ous\, a. [L. tuberosus: cf. F. tub['e]reux. See Tuber, and cf. also Tuberose.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Covered with knobby or wartlike prominences; knobbed. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) Consisting of, or bearing, tubers; resembling a tuber. [1913 Webster] -- {Tu"ber*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tuberous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- botanic,
- bulbous,
- burled,
- cereal,
- farinaceous,
- fruitlike,
- fruity,
- gnarled,
- gnarly,
- herbaceous,
- herbal,
- herbose,
- herbous,
- herby,
- knobbed,
- knobby,
- knoblike,
- knotted,
- knotty,
- knurled,
- knurly,
- leguminose,
- leguminous,
- nodal,
- noded,
- nodiform,
- nodular,
- nodulated,
- noduled,
- nubbled,
- nubbly,
- nubby,
- plantlike,
- radicated,
- radiciform,
- radicular,
- rhizoid,
- rootlike,
- studded,
- torose,
- tubercular,
- tuberculous,
- tuberose,
- vegetable,
- vegetal,
- vegetarian,
- vegetational,
- vegetative,
- weedy