TUBEROSA

Meaning of TUBEROSA in English

n [Bot.] tuberose

Interlingua English vocab. Английский словарь Интерлингва. 2012

WATER CHESTNUT — noun Date: 1854 any of a genus ( Trapa, especially T. natans of the family Trapaceae, the water-chestnut family) of …
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TUBEROSE — noun Etymology: New Latin tuberosa, specific epithet, from Latin, feminine of tuberosus tuberous, from tuber tuber Date: 1664 a Mexican …
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OCA — also oka noun Etymology: Spanish, from Quechua oqa Date: 1604 either of two South American wood sorrels ( Oxalis crenata …
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HARDING GRASS — noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: R. R. Harding fl ab 1900 Australian botanist Date: 1917 a perennial Mediterranean grass ( …
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BUTTERFLY WEED — noun Date: 1816 a North American milkweed ( Asclepias tuberosa ) with showy orange flowers borne on erect leafy stems
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GROUNDNUT — Any of several plants that bear edible fruit or other nutlike parts. Three are Arachis hypogaea , the peanut , …
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BUTTERFLY WEED — North American plant ( Asclepias tuberosa ) of the milkweed family , a stout, rough-haired perennial with long horizontal roots. …
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WOOD ROSE — I. noun 1. a. : the corrugated often flowerlike woody scar left upon the host when a mistletoe is wrenched …
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NARD — I. ˈnärd, ˈnȧd noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English narde, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin …
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WATER CHESTNUT — noun 1. a. : a plant of the genus Trapa (especially T. natans and T. bicornis ) b. : the …
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TUBEROUS WATER LILY — noun : a water lily ( Nymphaea tuberosa ) of the northeastern United States with large white or pale rose …
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TUBEROSE — ˈt(y)üˌbrōz sometimes -übəˌrōz or -ōs noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin tuberosa (specific epithet of Polianthes tubernosa ), from …
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OCA — noun or oka ˈōkə ( -s ) Etymology: Spanish oca, from Quechua ókka : either of two So. American wood …
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JERUSALEM SAGE — noun Usage: usually capitalized J : any of several plants of the genus Phlomis (as P. fruticosa or P. tuberosa …
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HARDINGGRASS — ˈhärdiŋˌgras noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: probably from the name Harding : a perennial canary grass ( Phalaris tuberosa stenoptera …
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GROUNDNUT — ˈgrau̇n(d)ˌnət, -au̇_nət noun 1. : chufa 2. : any of several plants having edible tuberous roots: as a. : a …
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ESKIMO POTATO — noun Usage: usually capitalized E : spring beauty 1 ; especially : a plant ( Claytonia tuberosa ) of Alaska …
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CORYTUBERINE — ˌkȯrə̇ˈtübəˌrēn, -ə.ˈtyü-, -bərə̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary cory- (from New Latin Corydalis ) + tuber- (from …
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BUTTERFLY WEED — noun 1. : an orange-flowered showy milkweed ( Asclepias tuberosa ) of eastern No. America — called also pleurisy root …
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BIRTHWORT — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) 1. : any of several plants of the genus Aristolochia (as A. longa, A. pistolochia, …
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TUBEROSE — (n.) A plant (Polianthes tuberosa) with a tuberous root and a liliaceous flower. It is much cultivated for its beautiful …
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SNAPDRAGON — (n.) A West Indian herb (Ruellia tuberosa) with curiously shaped blue flowers.
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OCA — (n.) A Peruvian name for certain species of Oxalis (O. crenata, and O. tuberosa) which bear edible tubers.
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JALAP — (n.) The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipomoea purga (or Exogonium purga), a climber much like the morning-glory. The abstract, …
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TUBEROSE — tuberose 1 /toohb"rohz', tyoohb"-, tooh"beuh rohz', tyooh"-/ , n. a bulbous plant, Polianthes tuberosa, of the agave family, cultivated for …
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TUBEROSE — -bə-ˌrōz, -bə-ˌrōs noun Etymology: New Latin tuberosa, specific epithet, from Latin, feminine of tuberosus tuberous, from tuber tuber Date: 1664 …
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TUBEROSE — ■ noun 'tju:bərəʊz a Mexican plant with heavily scented white waxy flowers and a bulb-like base, cultivated for its oil …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TUBEROSE — [tube.rose] n [NL tuberosa, specific epithet, fr. L, fem. of tuberosus tuberous, fr. tuber tuber] (1664): a Mexican bulbous herb …
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TUBEROSE — n. a plant, Polianthes tuberosa, native to Mexico, having heavily scented white funnel-like flowers and strap-shaped leaves. [L tuberosa fem. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TUBEROSE — n. a plant, Polianthes tuberosa, native to Mexico, having heavily scented white funnel-like flowers and strap-shaped leaves. [ L tuberosa …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TUBEROSE — 1. adj.1 covered with tubers; knobby. 2 of or resembling a tuber. 3 bearing tubers. Derivatives: tuberosity n. Etymology: L …
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