tuber
tuber — 名詞
- tubersingular
- tubersplural
1. a thick, fleshy part of a plant that grows under the soil and stores food; it ca
塊莖
植物肥厚的地下莖或根，可儲存養分
a thick, fleshy part of a plant that grows under the soil and stores food; it can also sprout and grow into a whole new plant — the potato is a familiar example
Deepa dug up the potato tubers from her garden and laid them in the sun.
Deepa 從她的花園裡挖出馬鈴薯塊莖，放在陽光下。
dig up + tubers (harvesting collocation)
The sweet potato is a tuber that grows well in warm, sandy soil.
番薯是一種塊莖植物，在溫暖的沙質土壤中生長良好。
In the market, Fatima picked out three firm yam tubers for the evening stew.
在市集上，Fatima 挑選了三個結實的山藥塊莖，準備做晚餐的燉菜。
The children watched as a cassava tuber was pulled from the earth, thick and brown.
孩子們看著一棵厚實的棕色木薯塊莖從土裡被拔出來。
A dahlia tuber kept in a cool, dry place will sprout again in spring.
大麗花塊莖放在陰涼乾燥的地方，到了春天就會再次發芽。
- rhizome
a horizontal underground stem (e.g. ginger); unlike a tuber, it grows sideways and is not as thick or rounded
- corm
a short, swollen underground stem base (e.g. taro); it is replaced each year, while a tuber can last multiple seasons
- bulb
a layered underground storage organ (e.g. onion, garlic); made of overlapping leaf bases, not solid flesh like a tuber
用法筆記
Common in gardening, farming, and botany contexts. In everyday English, people more often use the specific name — potato, yam, dahlia — rather than the general word tuber.