"thick underground stem," 1660s, from Latin tuber "edible root, truffle; lump, bump, swelling," from PIE *tubh-, from root *teue- (2) "to swell" (see thigh).
雙語例句
1. The potato is a tuber plant.
馬鈴薯是塊莖植物.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. This is Bulbing, tuber formation, elongation.
這就是球莖塊莖的形成, 拔節.
來自辭典例句
3. Amyloplasts are common in storage organs, e . g . the potato tuber.