Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tuber

2 senses of tuber

Sense 1
tuber -- (a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage)
       => stalk, stem -- (a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ)

Sense 2
Tuber, genus Tuber -- (type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles)
       => fungus genus -- (includes lichen genera)