2. An obtuse or knoblike prominence; a protuberance.
TUBEROUS Tu"ber*ous, a. Etym: [L. tuberosus: cf. F. tubéreux. See Tuber, and cf. also Tuberose.]
1. Covered with knobby or wartlike prominences; knobbed.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Consisting of, or bearing, tubers; resembling a tuber.
— Tu"ber*ous*ness, n.
TUBE-SHELL
Tube"-shell`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any bivalve mollusk which secretes a shelly tube around its siphon, as the watering-shell.
TUBEWORM
Tube"worm`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any annelid which constructs a tube; one of the Tubicolæ.
TUBFISH
Tub"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)