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- 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。
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- Polianthes tuberosa, family Agavaceae.拉丁名Polianthes tuberosa,龙舌兰科。
词源
mid 17th cent.: the noun from Latin tuberosa, feminine of tuberosus 'with protuberances'; the adjective from Latin tuberosus.