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Tuberose

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Noun

1. polianthes tuberosa, tuberose

a tuberous Mexican herb having grasslike leaves and cultivated for its spikes of highly fragrant lily-like waxy white flowers

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tuberose

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noun (ˈtjuːbəˌrəʊz )
1. 
a perennial Mexican agave plant, Polianthes tuberosa, having a tuberous root and spikes of white fragrant lily-like flowers
adjective (ˈtjuːbəˌrəʊs )
2.  a variant of tuberous

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Tuberose

see synonyms of tuberose
noun
a perennial Mexican plant (Polianthes tuberosa) of the agave family, growing from a tuber or bulb and having white, sweet-scented flowers borne in racemes
adjective
tuberous

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Tuberose

see synonyms of tuberose
n.
A tuberous perennial Mexican plant (Polianthes tuberosa) having grasslike leaves and cultivated for its highly fragrant white flowers, which yield an essential oil formerly used in perfumery.
adj.
Variant of tuberous.
adj.
1. Producing or bearing tubers.
2. Being or resembling a tuber: a tuberous root.

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