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Suber vs Tuber - What's the difference?

suber | tuber |

As a noun suber

is (dated|technical) cork, or the corresponding layer of woody tissue below the epidermis of a plant.

As a proper noun tuber is

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suber

English

Noun

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  • (dated, technical) Cork, or the corresponding layer of woody tissue below the epidermis of a plant
  • *{{quote-book, 1869, Louis Figuier, The Vegetable World, page=39, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=4AgPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA39
    • , passage=In many trees the suber is very slightly developed. But this is not the case with the Cork-oak (Quercus suber ).}}

    Derived terms

    *suberic *suberic acid *suberin *suberize, suberization *suberose *suberous

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    tuber

    English

    (wikipedia tuber)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, as for example a potato or arrowroot.
  • (horticulture) A thickened "root-stock".

    • Related terms

    * tubercle * tubercular

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