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tuberous

/ˈt(j)uːbəɹəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables
tuber-ous
IPA
/ˈt(j)uːbəɹəs/
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to, resembling, or producing tubers.

adj

Relating to tuberosities.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin tuba Latin tubusder. Middle French tubeder. English tube English -er English tuber Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English tuberous From tuber + -ous.

Inflected Forms

more tuberous (comparative) most tuberous (superlative)

Derived Forms

intertuberous sacrotuberous semituberous tuberously tuberousness

Phrases

tuberous sclerosis

Questions

How do you pronounce tuberous?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt(j)uːbəɹəs/.
What does tuberous mean?
Relating to, resembling, or producing tubers.
Where does tuberous come from?
Etymology tree Latin tuba Latin tubusder. Middle French tubeder. English tube English -er English tuber Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English tuberous From tuber + -ous.

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