POLIANTHES TUBEROSA

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Polianthes tuberosa; tuberose

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Polianthes tuberosa" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("Polianthes tuberosa" is a member of...):

genus Polianthes; Polianthes (genus of perennial tuberous herbs having lily-like flowers; Mexico; sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae)

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