Tuber vs Vegetable - What's the difference?
tuber | vegetable |
A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, as for example a potato or arrowroot.
(horticulture) A thickened "root-stock".
Any plant.
A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, or spice in the culinary sense.
The edible part of such a plant.
(figuratively, derogatory) A person whose brain (or, infrequently, body) has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment; a brain-dead person.
Of or relating to plants.
Of or relating to vegetables.