damask rose

American  

noun

1. a fragrant, pink rose, Rosa damascena.

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damask rose British  

noun

1. a rose, Rosa damascena, native to Asia and cultivated for its pink or red fragrant flowers, which are used to make the perfume attar

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Etymology

Origin of damask rose

First recorded in 1530–40

Example Sentences

Come spring, a blanket of velvety pink damask rose blossoms shroud the hills with their romantic scent.

From Time • Oct. 13, 2017

My grandmother also brought her mother’s fragrant damask rose to this farm.

From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2015

Says poor little Ned, With his ears as red As the heart of a damask rose.

From A Jolly Jingle-Book by Chandler, Laura

Love songs belong, too, to the damask rose, but love still set to martial chords, wrung, as it were, from heroes' wives, in a rapture of patriotic sacrifice.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

Flinging, flinging, The snow-ball, its white, pretty blossoms on me, Springing, springing, The damask rose climbs to the lattice to see!

From Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad by Dale, Daphne