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Noun: tuberose  't(y)oo,browz or 't(y)oo-bu,rows [N. Amer], 'tyoo-bu,rowz or 'tyoo-bu,rows [Brit]
  1. A tuberous Mexican herb having grasslike leaves and cultivated for its spikes of highly fragrant lily-like waxy white flowers
    - Polianthes tuberosa

Derived forms: tuberoses

Type of: flower

Part of: genus Polianthes, Polianthes

Encyclopedia: Tuberose

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