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What is a tuber?

What is a tuber? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, as for example a potato or arrowroot.
  2. (horticulture) A thickened "root-stock".
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The tuber cinereum is an elevated mound of gray substance between the optic chiasma and the mamillary bodies.
The perforating foramen has disappeared, and the calcaneal tuber projects to the rear.
Not only was the total amount of tuber starch reduced, but its composition was also affected.
They are located in the region between the mamillary bodies and the tuber cinereum of the hypothalamus.
There are only marginal changes in phosphorylated intermediates in the diurnal time-frame or during tuber development.
The attributes of waxiness or flouriness are also influenced by the growing conditions, and by the age of the tuber.

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