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

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damask rose

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

Your cheeks and lips are red like the damask rose, and your eyes,—I never saw such eyes before.

From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Caroline Lee Hentz

The petals of the damask rose are pressed between layers of cloth saturated with lard.

From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw) Redway

Enswathed in the light of endless bloom, Her brow outpaling falling snow, Her cheeks like the blushing damask rose, Her lips with budding love aglow.

From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Patrick Buchan