tuberous

English

Etymology

From tuber +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt(j)uːbəɹəs/

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Adjective

tuberous (not comparable)

1. Relating to, resembling, or producing tubers.
2. Relating to tuberosities.
   • 1962, Philip Larkin, Sunny Prestatyn:

     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 balls

Derived terms

• tuberous sclerosis

 

Translations

relating to tubers

• Finnish: mukulamainen, mukula- (fi) (resembling); mukula- (fi) (relating or producing)

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