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cabbage rose

noun

  1. a rose, Rosa centifolia, having large and fragrant pink flowers, cultivated in many varieties.


cabbage rose

noun

  1. a rose, Rosa centifolia, with a round compact full-petalled head
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cabbage rose1

First recorded in 1755–65
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Example Sentences

I think she tries to emulate Hester Grimess cabbage-rose cheeks.

When I revived and saw the lovely pale blush on her face I felt like a cabbage-rose beside a tea-bud.

It frightens me to think that I've got only a few weeks more to turn from a cabbage-rose into a lily.

At the moment Sophie reminded her of nothing so much as a full-blown cabbage-rose, dying to be plucked.

Dodo looks like a beautiful cabbage rose himself, his cheeks are so rosy.

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