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tuberous

[ UK /tjˈuːbəɹəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. of or relating to or resembling a tuber
    a tuberous root

How To Use tuberous In A Sentence

  • A member of the arum family, the caladium is a tuberous - rooted, perennial, herbaceous plant, in leaf from May until late September.
  • After frost kills their foliage, dig up callas, cannas, dahlias, gladiolus, tuberous begonias, and other tender bulbs, Dry off the bulbs and pack them in vermiculite or sterile potting soil.
  • Use light-colored pots, then fill them with white - or pastel-colored impatiens or tuberous begonias and plants with patterned foliage, such as caladium and polka-dot plant. StarTribune.com rss feed
  • Despite their differing underground structures, corms, tuberous roots, and rhizomes are all referred to as bulbs.
  • Basal leaves and flowers initiate from a tuberous rhizome and three green cauline leaves arranged in a whorl form an involucre around the developing flower.
  • The leafy stems sprout from the underground tuberous roots in early spring.
  • Despite their differing underground structures, corms, tuberous roots, and rhizomes are all referred to as bulbs.
  • The leafy stems, bearing terminal preformed flower buds, sprout from the underground tuberous roots in early spring.
  • Although David follows these steps with tuberous begonias, they work for other tender bulbs, such as cannas, gladioli and dahlias.
  • Being originally a mountain plant, the tuberous begonia grows superbly in cool mountain districts like Ballarat and Erica.
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