How to pronounce tuber
American English pronunciation
TOO-ber
- IPA
- /ˈtubɚ/
- Syllables
- TOO · ber (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What tuber means
A thick underground stem, like a potato, that stores food
In a sentence: When we dug up the plant, a fat tuber the size of my fist came out of the dirt.
Where it comes from: It is a Latin word meaning a bump or swelling.
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