tuberose in English
noun
1
a Mexican plant of the agave family, with heavily scented white waxy flowers and a bulblike base. Unknown in the wild, it was formerly cultivated as a flavoring for chocolate; the flower oil is used in perfumery.
Cooling fountains mask traffic noise, while hummingbirds and butterflies explore the charms of tuberoses , heliotrope, and other plants chosen for their sensual appeal.
adjective
1
of the nature of a tuber.
Basal leaves and flowers initiate from a tuberous rhizome and three green cauline leaves arranged in a whorl form an involucre around the developing flower.
2
characterized by or affected by rounded swellings.
tuberous sclerosis
Use "tuberose" in a sentence
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1. Gladiolus; Dahlias; Caladiums; Elephant ears; Most tender Bulbs are called summer Bulbs, meaning they bloom in the summer, but there are several — such as tuberose and some dahlia — that bloom into the fall.
2. When Shelley compared the poetry of the Theocritean Amourists to the perfume of the tuberose, and that of the earlier Greek poets to “a meadow-gale of June, which mingles the fragrance of all the flowers of the field,” he supplied us with critical images which may not unfairly be used to point the distinction between Sodoma at Monte Oliveto