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tuberose
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tuberose has 1 sense
- tuberose(n = noun.plant) polianthes tuberosa - a tuberous Mexican herb having grasslike leaves and cultivated for its spikes of highly fragrant lily-like waxy white flowers; Array is a kind of flower
is a member of genus polianthes, polianthes
CIDE DICTIONARY
tuberose, n. [Cf. G. tuberose, F. tubéreuse, NL. Polianthes tuberosa. See Tuberous.].
A plant (Polianthes tuberosa ) with a tuberous root and a liliaceous flower. It is much cultivated for its beautiful and fragrant white blossoms. [1913 Webster]
tuberose, a.
Tuberous. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tuberose, adj.
1 covered with tubers; knobby.
2 of or resembling a tuber.
3 bearing tubers.
1 covered with tubers; knobby.
2 of or resembling a tuber.
3 bearing tubers.
Derivative
tuberosity n.
tuberose, n. a plant, Polianthes tuberosa, native to Mexico, having heavily scented white funnel-like flowers and strap-shaped leaves.
Etymology
L tuberosa fem. (as TUBEROSE(1))
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