tuberose

¹

[ toob-rohz, tyoob-, too-buh-rohz, tyoo- ]

noun

1. a bulbous plant, Polianthes tuberosa, of the agave family, cultivated for its spike of fragrant, creamy-white, lily-like flowers.

tuberose

²

[ too-buh-rohs, tyoo- ]

adjective

1. tuberous.

tuberose

noun

1. a perennial Mexican agave plant, Polianthes tuberosa , having a tuberous root and spikes of white fragrant lily-like flowers

adjective

1. a variant of tuberous

Word History and Origins

Origin of tuberose¹

1655–65; < New Latin tuberosa, the specific epithet, feminine of Latin tūberōsus tuberose ²

Origin of tuberose²

First recorded in 1695–1705, tuberose is from the Latin word tūberōsus knobby. See tuber ¹, -ose ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of tuberose¹

C17: from Latin tūberōsus full of lumps; referring to its root

Example Sentences

For reply she led him to the room formerly occupied by her aunt, and showed him the tuberose in a quaint pot.

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In her hands she carried the fragments of the pot which had held the tuberose.

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It is the tuberose of our gardens, but growing with great vigour and luxuriance.

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The tuberose is planted in rows in a similar way to the jasmin.

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Dee had to admit it, but declared she thought a dog should smell like a dog and not like a tuberose; so the discussion ended.

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