tuberous

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: tu=ber=ous

CIDE DICTIONARY

tuberous, a. [L. tuberosus: cf. F. tubéreux. See Tuber, and cf. also Tuberose.].

•  Covered with knobby or wartlike prominences; knobbed.  [1913 Webster]
•  Consisting of, or bearing, tubers; resembling a tuber.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tuberous, adj. = TUBEROSE(1).

Idiom

tuberous root a thick and fleshy root like a tuber but without buds.

Etymology

F tub{eacute}reux or L tuberosus f. TUBER

THESAURUS

tuberous

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

ROGET THESAURUS

tuberous

Convexity

N convexity, prominence, projection, swelling, gibbosity, bilge, bulge, protuberance, protrusion, camber, cahot, thank-ye-ma'am, swell, intumescence, tumour, tumor, tubercle, tuberosity, excrescence, hump, hunch, bunch, boss, embossment, hub, hubble, tooth, knob, elbow, process, apophysis, condyle, bulb, node, nodule, nodosity, tongue, dorsum, bump, clump, sugar loaf, bow, mamelon, molar, belly, corporation, pot belly, gut, withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange, pimple, zit, wen, wheel, papula, pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle, corn, wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus, fungus, fungosity, exostosis, bleb, blister, blain, boil, airbubble, blob, papule, verruca, papilla, nipple, teat, tit, titty, boob, knocker, pap, breast, dug, mammilla, proboscis, nose, neb, beak, snout, nozzle, schnoz, peg, button, stud, ridge, rib, jutty, trunnion, snag, cupola, dome, arch, balcony, eaves, pilaster, relief, relievo, cameo, bassorilievo, mezzorilevo, altorivievo, low relief, bas relief, high relief, hill, cape, promontory, mull, forehead, foreland, point of land, mole, jetty, hummock, ledge, spur, naze, ness, convex, prominent, protuberant, projecting, bossed, embossed, bossy, nodular, bunchy, clavate, clavated, claviform, hummocky, moutonne, mammiliform, papulous, papilose, hemispheric, bulbous, bowed, arched, bold, bellied, tuberous, tuberculous, tumous, cornute, odontoid, lentiform, lenticular, gibbous, club shaped, hubby, hubbly, knobby, papillose, saddle-shaped, selliform, subclavate, torose, ventricose, verrucose, salient, in relief, raised, repousse, bloated, (expanded).