Plural of tuber
regular plural
The plural of tuber is tubers.
Forms of tuber
| Singular | tuber /ˈtjuːbə(ɹ)/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | tubers |
| Countable | countable |
Tubers in a sentence
- Earth up a potato crop several times during the season to encourage more tubers to grow.From the entry earth up
- Sunchokes, also known as Jerusalem artichokes, are tubers from a type of sunflower native to North America.2017 February 24, Nancy Stiles, “Three Ways to Use Sunchokes While They're in Season”, in Feast Magazine. From the entry artichokelike
- 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. From the entry minituber
- You have to cook hopniss tubers—they are inedible and potentially toxic raw.2014, Leda Meredith, Northeast Foraging: 120 Wild and Flavorful Edibles, →ISBN. From the entry hopniss
- Local gardeners speculate he was growing Kennebecs that year, a variety known for large tubers.2006, Brenda Seekins…. From the entry Kennebec
Meaning of tuber
- noun A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, for example a potato or arrowroot.
- noun A thickened rootstock.
- noun A rounded, protuberant structure in a human or animal body.
Questions about the plural of tuber
- What is the plural of tuber?
- The plural of tuber is tubers.
- Is tuber countable?
- Tuber is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tuber (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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