Tuberose

Other forms: tuberoses

Definitions of tuberose

noun
a tuberous Mexican herb having grasslike leaves and cultivated for its spikes of highly fragrant lily-like waxy white flowers

synonyms: Polianthes tuberosa

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a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms

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