[too-ber, tyoo-] 
| 1. | a person or thing that forms, installs, or operates with tubes. |
| 2. | Also called inner-tuber. a person who participates in the sport of tubing. |
tuber tu·ber (t&oomacr;'bər, ty&oomacr;'-)
n. pl. tubers or tu·ber·a (-bər-ə)
A localized rounded projection or swelling; a knob, tuberosity, or eminence.
tuber (t 'bər) Pronunciation Key
The thickened part of an underground stem of a plant, such as the potato, bearing buds from which new plant shoots arise. Compare bulb, corm, rhizome, runner. |
ərˈtu