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tuberose
1[ toob-rohz, tyoob-, too-buh-rohz, tyoo- ]
noun
- 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
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Origin of tuberose1
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Example Sentences
For reply she led him to the room formerly occupied by her aunt, and showed him the tuberose in a quaint pot.
In her hands she carried the fragments of the pot which had held the tuberose.
It is the tuberose of our gardens, but growing with great vigour and luxuriance.
The tuberose is planted in rows in a similar way to the jasmin.
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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