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tuberose

UK/ˈtjuːbəɹəʊz/US/ˈtubəɹoʊz/

tuberose adjective: tuberous.

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.
      • Only now Mariam saw a basket on the sill. White tuberoses spilled from its sides.2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 59

tuberose meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

tuberose in Hindi

Polianthes tuberosa
रजनीगंधा rajnīgandhā

tuberose in Tamil

நிலச்சம்பங்கி, வெண்மலர்ச்செடி, தட்டைச்சம்பங்கி

tuberose in Marathi

tuberose
निशिगंध niśigandha

tuberose in Urdu

tuberose
رجنی گندھا rajnī gandhā
More languagesFewer languages
tuberose in Bengali
রজনীগন্ধা rojnigondha
tuberose in Gujarati
ગુલછડી gulachḍī, રજનીગંધા rajnīgandhā
tuberose in Indonesian
sedap malam

Forms of tuberose

Adjective
comparativemore tuberose
superlativemost tuberose
Noun
pluraltuberoses

Origin of tuberose

Borrowed from Latin tūberōsus (“tuberous”).

Questions about tuberose

What does tuberose mean?
Tuberose means tuberous.
What is tuberose in Hindi?
Tuberose in Hindi is रजनीगंधा (rajnīgandhā). See Tuberose meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is tuberose?
Tuberose can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce tuberose?
Tuberose is pronounced /ˈtubəɹoʊz/ (US).

Words near tuberose in the dictionary

  1. tuberomammillar
  2. tuberomammillary
  3. tuberon
  4. tuberons
  5. tuberoplasty
  6. tuberose
  7. tuberoses
  8. tuberoside
  9. tuberositas
  10. tuberosities
  11. tuberosity

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tuberose (page history and authors); tuberose (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); निशिगंध (Marathi) (page history and authors); رجنی گندھا (Urdu) (page history and authors); ગુલછડી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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