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ROOTS |
Tubers |
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YAMS |
Starchy tubers |
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TUBERIFEROUS |
Producing or bearing tubers. |
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EDDOES |
The tubers of Colocasia antiquorum. See Taro. |
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TUBEROUS |
Consisting of, or bearing, tubers; resembling a tuber. |
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EARTHNUT |
The esculent tubers of the umbelliferous plants Bunium
flexuosum and Carum Bulbocastanum. |
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STARCHWORT |
The cuckoopint, the tubers of which yield a fine
quality of starch. |
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TESTICULATE |
Having two tubers resembling testicles in form, as
some species of orchis. |
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SUPERTUBERATION |
The production of young tubers, as potatoes, from
the old while still growing. |
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RADICAL |
Belonging to, or proceeding from, the root of a plant; as,
radical tubers or hairs. |
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OCA |
A Peruvian name for certain species of Oxalis (O. crenata, and
O. tuberosa) which bear edible tubers. |
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CHUFA |
A sedgelike plant (Cyperus esculentus) producing edible
tubers, native about the Mediterranean, now cultivated in many regions;
the earth almond. |
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ALEURONE |
An albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains
("protein granules") in maturing seeds and tubers; -- supposed to be a
modification of protoplasm. |
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SYNANTHROSE |
A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, found in
the tubers of the Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), in the
dahlia, and other Compositae. |
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SALEP |
The dried tubers of various species of Orchis, and Eulophia.
It is used to make a nutritious beverage by treating the powdered
preparation with hot water. |
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IPOMOEIC |
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the
oxidation of convolvulin (obtained from jalap, the tubers of Ipomoea
purga), and identical in most of its properties with sebacic acid. |
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TOUS-LES-MOIS |
...of a species of Canna, probably
C. edulis, the tubers of which are edible every month in the year. ... |
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JALAP |
The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipomoea purga (or Exogonium
purga), a climber much like the morning-glory. The abstract, extract,
and powder, p... |
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STARCH |
A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in
seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice,
etc.) as a whi... |