tuberous root

American  

noun

1. a true root so thickened as to resemble a tuber, but bearing no buds or eyes.

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Other Word Forms

• tuberous-rooted adjective

Etymology

Origin of tuberous root

First recorded in 1660–70

Example Sentences

That was Corydalis solida or C. flexuosa, a spring ephemeral with a tuberous root system.

From Seattle Times

The “sour starch” is manioc flour, which is derived from an indigenous tuberous root of the same name, also known as cassava.

From New York Times

But as humans began to cook, they could roast tuberous root vegetables long enough that they weren’t as bitter.

From Science Magazine

One answer came in the late 1990s when Harvard University primatologist Richard Wrangham proposed that the brain began to expand rapidly 1.6 million to 1.8 million years ago in our ancestor, Homo erectus, because this early human learned how to roast meat and tuberous root vegetables over a fire.

From Science Magazine

Our guide also dug up some of the roots of the wild arum to show us; it is a great flattish tuberous root, rather oval in shape.

From Project Gutenberg