bourbon rose

American  

noun

1. a hybrid rose, Rosa borboniana, having dark, carmine-colored flowers, cultivated in many horticultural varieties.

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Etymology

Origin of bourbon rose

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

Maintain smoochiness with Chantecaille’s gorgeous Bourbon Rose Lip Chic and see if you can make the Valentine thing last a tad longer.

From New York Times

The Bourbon rose could not hold aside her skirts from contact with the cabbage-rose; the lavender could not disdain the companionship of sage and thyme.

From Project Gutenberg

Doctor McCall was at the gate, propping up an old Bourbon rose, an especial favorite of her father's.

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The heap of stockings, the touch of the darning cotton, the sound of Mr. Muller's droning voice, were maddening to her: every moment she made a tangle in her thread, looking down at Maria under the Bourbon rose, and the attentive face bent over her.

From Project Gutenberg

But it is pleasant," she said, glancing down again to the Bourbon rose, "to see such love as that.

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