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TUBEROSE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A tuberous Mexican herb having grasslike leaves and cultivated for its spikes of highly fragrant lily-like waxy white flowers
Synonyms:
Polianthes tuberosa; tuberose
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tuberose" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Holonyms ("tuberose" is a member of...):
genus Polianthes; Polianthes (genus of perennial tuberous herbs having lily-like flowers; Mexico; sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae)
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