tuberose

See also: Tuberose

English

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tuberose

Wikipedia

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

Bengali: রজনীগন্ধা (bn) (rojnigondha) Bulgarian: тубероза f (tuberoza) Catalan: nard (ca) m Czech: tuberóza f Finnish: tuberoosa, tuberosa (fi) French: tubéreuse (fr) f German: Tuberose f Hindi: रजनीगंधा f (rajnīgandhā) Hungarian: tubarózsa (hu) Indonesian: sedap malam (id) Ottoman Turkish: تبر (teber) Polish: tuberoza bulwiasta f Portuguese: nardo m Romanian: tuberoză (ro) f Russian: тубероза (ru) f (tuberoza) Spanish: nardo (es) m Western Panjabi: رجنی گندھا f (rjnī gndhā)

References

• “tuberose”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• to be sure

Danish

Etymology

From Latin tuberosa.

Noun

tuberose c (singular definite tuberosen, plural indefinite tuberoser)

1. tuberose (Agave)

   Synonym: nathyacint

Declension

Declension of tuberose

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tuberose	tuberosen	tuberoser	tuberoserne
genitive	tuberoses	tuberosens	tuberosers	tuberosernes

Further reading

• “tuberose” in Den Danske Ordbog

Italian

Adjective

tuberose

1. feminine plural of tuberoso

Anagrams

• estuberò, ubertose

Latin

Adjective

tūberōse

1. vocative masculine singular of tūberōsus