Tuberose a.

[ad. L. tūberōs-us, f. tūber, TUBER²: see -OSE¹.] = TUBEROUS.

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1704. [see TUDER² 1 b].

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1796. Kirwan, Elem. Min. (ed. 2), II. 259. Indurated [Calx of Arsenic]…. Found Massive, or Stalactitic with a tuberose or botryoidal surface.

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1815. J. Smith, Panorama Sci. & Art, II. 670. A tuberose root, as exemplified in the turnip and carrot.

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1878. H. M. Stanley, Dark Cont., I. xv. 381. The tuberose muscles of the flanks.

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1898. Sir P. Manson, Trop. Diseases, xxxvii. 574. Vincent … found it [i.e., the parasite of mycetoma] in the unbroken tuberose swellings under the skin.

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Comb. 1806. Galpine, Brit. Bot., § 77. Symphytum … tuberosum, tuberose-rooted.

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