Definition of "tubers" []

• Plural form of tuber. (noun)

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• "The energy locked up in the sugars of nectar could have been used elsewhere in the economy of the plant, perhaps to make roots, or to fill the underground storage magazines that we call tubers, bulbs and corms, or even to make huge quantities of pollen for broadcasting to the four winds."
• "I had bought the dahlia tubers from the regular grocery store, brought them home and buried them in the ground in late spring."
• "I had bought the dahlia tubers from the regular grocery store, brought them home and buried them in the ground in [...]"