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tuberous

/ˈt(j)uːbəɹəs/

tuberous adjective: relating to, resembling, or producing tubers.

Adjective

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 balls1962, Philip Larkin, Sunny Prestatyn

tuberous meaning in Tamil and Bengali

tuberous in Tamil

முகிழுருவான

tuberous in Bengali

কন্দ সংক্রান্ত, কন্দের মতো, কন্দ উৎপাদনকারী, টিউবারোসিটি, উচ্চতা সংক্রান্ত

Forms of tuberous

comparativemore tuberous
superlativemost tuberous

Origin of tuberous

From tuber + -ous.

Words formed from tuberous

Phrases with tuberous

Questions about tuberous

What does tuberous mean?
Tuberous means relating to, resembling, or producing tubers.
What is tuberous in Tamil?
Tuberous in Tamil is முகிழுருவான. See Tuberous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tuberous?
Tuberous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce tuberous?
Tuberous is pronounced /ˈt(j)uːbəɹəs/.

Words near tuberous in the dictionary

  1. tuberositas
  2. tuberosities
  3. tuberosity
  4. tuberosphere
  5. tuberospheres
  6. tuberous
  7. tuberous begonia
  8. tuberous sclerosis
  9. tuberously
  10. tuberousness
  11. tubers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tuberous (page history and authors); tuberous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tuberous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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