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Definition of Tuberose
1. Noun. A tuberous Mexican herb having grasslike leaves and cultivated for its spikes of highly fragrant lily-like waxy white flowers.
Generic synonyms: Flower
Group relationships: Genus Polianthes, Polianthes
Definition of Tuberose
1. n. A plant (Polianthes tuberosa) with a tuberous root and a liliaceous flower. It is much cultivated for its beautiful and fragrant white blossoms.
2. a. Tuberous.
Definition of Tuberose
1. Noun. A Mexican tuberous plant (''Polianthes tuberosa'') that has white flowers and grass-like leaves ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tuberose
1. a Mexican herb [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tuberose
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tuberose
Literary usage of Tuberose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"The tuberose reached the zenith of its fame about 1870, while the equally waxy
Camellia and the formal Dahlia were still fashionable. ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Wilhelm Miller, Liberty Hyde Bailey (1901)
"In recent times the greatest improvementin the tuberose is represented by the
... tuberose Culture by Northern Florists,—tuberoses are chiefly grown by ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Ephraim Chambers (1870)
"Jasmine and tuberose produce best perfumed grease by enfleurage, but rose, orange,
and acacia hot from exposure to the naked fire ; so long as the grease is ..."
4. The Scientific American Cyclopedia of Formulas: Partly Based Upon the 28th by Albert Allis Hopkins (1910)
"Essence of tuberose.—The extrait triple of the flowers, or a still stronger ...
In a similar way to essence de tuberose, the finer qualities of essences of ..."
5. Bulbs: A Treatise on Hardy and Tender Bulbs and Tubers by Edward Sprague Rand (1866)
"There are two species of tuberose,—that commonly grown, ... The whole secret of
blooming the tuberose successfully is in giving the roots plenty to feed ..."
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