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

Her crimson cheeks were dashed with tears, and she looked like a damask rose just sprinkled by a shower of rain.

From The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn by Keyworth, J. W.

I wept at the sight, thinking of my own damask rose so far away.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 by Various

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 Hentz, Caroline Lee