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tuberose
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synonyms: Polianthes tuberosa ???
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Definition:a night-blooming Mexican perennial whose fragrant extracts are commonly used in perfumes.
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He groped for a long time, unable to effect the proper combinations, for orange is dominant in the fragrance of this flower. He attempted several combinations and ended in achieving the exact blend by joining tuberose and rose to orange, the whole united by a drop of vanilla.
Joris-Karl Huysmans. À Rebours
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a flock of birds fluttered in the grey sky round the trefoil bell-turrets; the square, resounding with cries, was fragrant with the flowers that bordered its pavement, roses, jasmines, pinks, narcissi, and tube-roses, unevenly spaced out between moist grasses, catmint, and chickweed for the birds;
Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary
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Next to tuberoses they’ve the strongest scent of any flower,
Marcel Proust. In Search of Lost Time [volume 5]
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