a Mexican plant with heavily scented white waxy flowers and a bulb-like base. Unknown in the wild, it was formerly cultivated as a flavouring for chocolate; the flower oil is used in perfumery 晚香玉,月下香
Polianthes tuberosa, family Agavaceae 拉丁名Polianthes tuberosa,龙舌兰科
adjective
variant spelling of tuberous 同 tuberous
语源
mid 17th cent.: the noun from Latin tuberosa, feminine of tuberosus 'with protuberances'; the adjective from Latin tuberosus