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storage tuber

storage tuber noun: a modified, thickened plant stem or root that serves as an organ for storing nutrients to support the plant's survival during harsh conditions.

Noun

storage tuber (plural storage tubers)

  1. A modified, thickened plant stem or root that serves as an organ for storing nutrients to support the plant's survival during harsh conditions.
    • There is also produced each year at the end of a stalk one new storage tuber.1918, Royal Society of South Australia, Transactions, Volumes 42-44, page 3

Forms of storage tuber

pluralstorage tubers

Questions about storage tuber

What does storage tuber mean?
Storage tuber means a modified, thickened plant stem or root that serves as an organ for storing nutrients to support the plant's survival during harsh conditions.
What part of speech is storage tuber?
Storage tuber is a noun.
What is the plural of storage tuber?
The plural of storage tuber is storage tubers.

Words near storage tuber in the dictionary

  1. storage station
  2. storage stations
  3. storage time
  4. storage times
  5. storage tube
  6. storage tuber
  7. storage tubers
  8. storage tubes
  9. storage unit
  10. storage units
  11. storage wall

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