cabbage rose

American  

noun

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

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cabbage rose British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of cabbage rose

First recorded in 1755–65

Example Sentences

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cabbage rose

Lacroix is the man whose designs might sport a rude cabbage rose, perhaps on the derriere.

From Time Magazine Archive

And in the very same way the Spirit long ago became manifest in the Body of Christ, the first cabbage rose began to materialize on my tablecloth.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

I belong to the whole country, my dear boy; I am no old cabbage rose on a half-dead bush, but the same vegetable under a new name,—the American Beauty Rose.

From Senator North by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

He remembered the little narrow paths in the tiny garden, the smell of the box edging, a pink cabbage rose that fell when the man’s sleeve brushed against it.

From Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker by Bryant, Marguerite

There was Ewyo, burly in peach satin and white silk, his long-skirted coat pushed back from a lace shirt, skin-tight pants held by knee-high black boots, a cabbage rose thrust into his cocked hat.

From The Buttoned Sky by Reynard, Geoff St.