cabbage rose


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

Origin of cabbage rose

1
First recorded in 1755–65

Words Nearby cabbage rose

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How to use cabbage rose in a sentence

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

    The Girls of Central High | Gertrude W. Morrison
  • When I revived and saw the lovely pale blush on her face I felt like a cabbage-rose beside a tea-bud.

    The Melting of Molly | Maria Thompson Daviess
  • It frightens me to think that I've got only a few weeks more to turn from a cabbage-rose into a lily.

    The Melting of Molly | Maria Thompson Daviess
  • At the moment Sophie reminded her of nothing so much as a full-blown cabbage-rose, dying to be plucked.

    Poppy | Cynthia Stockley
  • Dodo looks like a beautiful cabbage rose himself, his cheeks are so rosy.

British Dictionary definitions for cabbage rose

cabbage rose

noun
  1. a rose, Rosa centifolia, with a round compact full-petalled head

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