GENUS TUBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Tuber mean? 

• GENUS TUBER (noun)
  The noun GENUS TUBER has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles

  Familiarity information: GENUS TUBER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS TUBER (noun)

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Tuber; Tuber

Hypernyms ("genus Tuber" is a kind of...):

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "genus Tuber"):

earth-ball; earthnut; truffle (any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe)

Holonyms ("genus Tuber" is a member of...):

family Tuberaceae; Tuberaceae (family of fungi whose ascocarps resemble tubers and vary in size from that of an acorn to that of a large apple)