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Tuber vs Rhizome - What's the difference?

tuber | rhizome |

As a proper noun tuber

is .

As a noun rhizome is

a horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes.

tuber

English

(wikipedia tuber)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, as for example a potato or arrowroot.
  • (horticulture) A thickened "root-stock".

    • Related terms

    * tubercle * tubercular

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    rhizome

    English

    (wikipedia rhizome)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes.
  • (philosophy) A so-called "image of thought" that apprehends multiplicities. See .