tuberose

See also: Tuberose

English

Etymology

From Latin tūberōsus (“tuberous”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtubəɹoʊz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtjuːbəɹəʊz/

Adjective

tuberose (comparative more tuberose, superlative most tuberose)

1. tuberous

Noun

tuberose (plural tuberoses)

1. Any plant in genera Polianthes or Manfreda (syns. of Agave), now both in Agave subg. Manfreda.
   1. especially Agave amica (syn. Poliantes tuberosa), that has white flowers and grass-like leaves, used in perfumery.
      • 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 59:

        Only now Mariam saw a basket on the sill. White tuberoses spilled from its sides.

Translations

Polianthes tuberosa

• Bulgarian: тубероза f (tuberoza)
• Catalan: nard (ca) m
• Czech: tuberóza f
• Finnish: tuberoosa, tuberosa (fi)
• French: tubéreuse (fr) f
• German: Tuberose f
• Hungarian: tubarózsa (hu)
• Ottoman Turkish: تبر (teber)
• Polish: tuberoza bulwiasta f
• Portuguese: nardo m
• Romanian: tuberoză (ro) f
• Spanish: nardo (es) m

References

• “tuberose”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• to be sure

Italian

Adjective

tuberose

1. feminine plural of tuberoso

Anagrams

• estuberò, ubertose

Latin

Adjective

tūberōse

1. vocative masculine singular of tūberōsus