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TUBEROUS ROOT [1 record]

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Record 1 1977-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
DEF

a thick fleshy root resembling a tuber but lacking buds or scales leaves, functioning especially in storage in biennial or perennial plants in which new growth is from a crown, and being simple and solitary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
OBS

quand la racine est gorgée de sucre, d'amidon ou de tout autre principe nutritif mis en réserve par la plante, elle est dite tuberculeuse.

OBS

tubercule: excroissance qui survient à une partie quelconque d'un végétal notamment à la racine et à la tige souterraine.

Spanish

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