Tuber
See also: tuber
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Latin tuber (“swelling, truffle”)
Proper noun edit
Tuber n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Tuberaceae – true truffles and close relatives.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Fungi - kingdom; Dikarya - subkingdom; Ascomycota - phylum; Pezizomycotina - subphylum; Pezizomycetes - class; Pezizales - order; Tuberaceae - family
Hyponyms edit
- For species see
Tuber on Wikispecies.Wikispecies or 
Tuber on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References edit
- Truffle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Tuber on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Tuber on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Tuber at MycoBank
English edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun edit
Tuber (plural Tubers)
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Tuber is the 125322nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 187 individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tuber”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.